From: Dave Burt <dave@...>
Date: 2005-12-15T03:03:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Iconv weirdness on Windows XP

Curt Hibbs wrote:
> I'm currently working on the One-Click Installer for 1.8.4, and this
> is one of the things I want to make sure I get right. Any help/advice
> would be more than welcome (especially since I know next-to-nothing
> about iconv).

Well, the core of the problem seems to be a difference in compiler versions 
between your One-Click binaries and the "borrowed" mswin32 binary. The 
problem shows itself in this case when a C errno is used instead of a Ruby 
Exception.

Nobu says in [ruby-core:06889] you should compile it from source as part of 
the One-Click build:
> IMHO, it would be no longer a good idea to assemble pre-built
> binaries now, on Windows.  I suspect packagers may have to
> build all binaries from sources by themselves.

Wilson Bilkovich wrote:
> It's working fine for me now with the 1.8.4 object file, and I'm
> running OneClick1.8.2-15.
> Are there any other Iconv test suites out there I can run, to make
> sure it didn't mangle anything up?

I don't know of any, sorry.

Cheers,
Dave