From: Daniel Berger <djberg96@...>
Date: 2005-06-02T08:05:22+09:00
Subject: Re: help, I can't compile an extension on windows

Lionel Thiry wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I'm on Windows2000, with ruby 1.8.2 (2004-12-25) [i386-mswin32]
> (on-click-installer). I have latest mingw and VC++ installed (the
> command line version) and vars are set: PATH to each bin dirs, LIB to
> each lib dirs and INCLUDE to each include dirs.
>
> I've written in a file the first sample found in pragmatic programmer's
> book: http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/html/ext_ruby.html

<snip>

IIRC, your problem is caused by the word "Test".  I think it conflicts
with Kernel.test or something strange.  Try changing it to "Foo" and
see how it goes.  I may be off.

> I launch it, I then launch make (the mingw version of make, I don't have
> M$ make. Someone know where I can freely get it?)

http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?WindowsCompiler

If you follow these instructions, you should have nmake.

Regards,

Dan