From: Lothar Scholz <mailinglists@...>
Date: 2005-04-28T01:39:26+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] One-Click Ruby Installer 182-15 for Windows

Hello Curt,

CH> nobu.nokada@softhome.net wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> At Wed, 27 Apr 2005 12:32:55 +0900,
>> Curt Hibbs wrote in [ruby-talk:139990]:
>> 
>>>>Have you confirmed that all extensions are built by VC++ 7.1,
>>>>or linked to msvcr71.dll?
>>>
>>>All releases of the one-click installer in 2004 and 2005 have been built
>>>with vc++ 7.1, and most included extensions are built from source.
>>>
>>>The few that are now included from binaries (like FXRuby) have have not
>>>been checked. Should they be?
>> 
>> 
>> Yes, definitely.  Mixing usage of runtime DLL causes unexpected
>> results.  And recent versions change the ruby DLL name and the
>> site-wide library directory according to the runtime to get rid
>> of such hazard.

CH> Hmmm.... looks like I need to start building *all* extensions from
CH> source to ensure this.

Use a tool like the "depends.exe" from older MSVC versions and look
what DLL's are required. You don't need to rebuild all extensions.


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