From: Daniel Berger <djberg96@...>
Date: 2006-12-25T15:03:15+09:00
Subject: Re: Manifest file not generated for extensions with VC++ 8

Nobuyoshi Nakada wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> At Mon, 25 Dec 2006 04:30:42 +0900,
> Daniel Berger wrote in [ruby-core:09786]:
>> Anyway, I did notice one issue.  When I run 'extconf.rb; nmake' for a
>> custom C extension, there is no .manifest file generated when I use the
>> Ruby I built with VC++ 8.  That means that, while an extension will
>> build, it won't load, and I'll get an error about msvcr80.dll.
> 
> It is generated, but embedded into the extension with mt.exe and removed 
> soon.

Ah, ok, thanks.

>> This is strange, since there *is* a .manifest file generated if I build
>> the extension with Curt's one click installer.
>>
>> Why would Curt's one click properly generate a .manifest file, but my
>> hand-built Ruby won't?  There's not a /nomanifest switch anywhere is 
>> there?
> 
> This change was in this May.  I guess one click installer is based on
> the pretty old version.
> 

Oops, this was a mistake on my part.  It does work after all - I think I 
tried to run the sample program with the wrong build.  Sorry for the noise.

Regards,

Dan