From: "Stephan Kämper" <Stephan.Kaemper@...>
Date: 2004-10-31T21:23:59+09:00
Subject: Re: How to build Ruby on Windows

Hi,

Matt Mower wrote:
>>What exactly is the benefit of linking the modules statically? Why
>>would you want do do that (as it's apparently not the standard setting)?
> 
> I'm not sure what you mean.  Can you please explain?

Sure.

The section "How to compile and install" of the README file in the Ruby 
distribution states ()lines 67 ff.):

 > 4. Remove comment mark(#) before the module names from ext/Setup
 > (or add module names if not present), if you want to link modules
 > statically.

At http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?HowToBuildOnWindows you wrote:

 > Make this directory your current directory and edit ./ext/Setup?.
 > If you're in the MinGW shell and you're familiar with it you can
 > use vi otherwise just use whatever windows editor you're used to.
 > Remove the # from the beginning of each of the modules but leave
 > option nodynamic commented out. Save the file & exit the editor.

The combination seems to imply that you suggest to build Ruby with 
statically linked modules.

I'd just like to know what's the advantage of this (compared to dyn. 
linking - which is the default setting, since it's commented out in 
ext/Setup).

Happy rubying

Stephan