From: Daniel Berger <djberg96@...>
Date: 2005-10-26T13:52:02+09:00
Subject: Re: mkmf, linking against a specific DLL on windows

nobuyoshi nakada wrote:

<snip>

> > # Create a .lib file from a .def file.  Note that the lib command doesn't
> > # seem to like long path names, so we'll shorten them.
>
> Really?
>
>   $ lib -machine:x86 -def:../stable-build/i686-mswin32/msvcrt-ruby18.def -out:../stable-build/i686-mswin32/msvcrt-ruby18.lib
>   Microsoft (R) Library Manager Version 7.10.2240.8
>   Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
>
>      Creating library ../stable-build/i686-mswin32/msvcrt-ruby18.lib and object ../stable-build/i686-mswin32/msvcrt-ruby18.exp

Oh, you know what? I meant to say "path names with spaces in them".
Sorry, bad comment.

Regards,

Dan