From: ruby talk Date: 2006-01-23T07:46:05+09:00 Subject: Re: c-extension problem I get this error when tring nmake. cl -nologo -LD -FeTest.so TcTest.obj Test.obj msvcrt-ruby18.lib oldname s.lib user32.lib advapi32.lib wsock32.lib -link -incremental:no -debug -opt:ref -opt:icf -dll -libpath:"c:/ruby/lib" -def:Test-i386-mswin32.def cl : Command line warning D4024 : unrecognized source file type '.', object file assumed LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file '.' NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'F:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe' : return code '0x2' Stop. I dont see where in the make file that line is. also where in that line there just just a dot? Becker On 1/21/06, Austin Ziegler wrote: > On 21/01/06, Jon Egil Strand wrote: > > After reading through this walkthrough (1) of compiling c-extensions on > > Windows I was finally able to build the pickaxe example on two different > > PC's. One with Visual Studio 2003, the other with Visual C++ express 2005. > > Both compiled, only one worked. This raises some issues. > > Avoid compiling with Visual C++ 2005 for now. There are some ... > changes that Microsoft has made. I am working on compiling with Visual > C++ 2005 and have a couple of patches to finish trying from Nobu that > may help alleviate this situation. > > -austin > -- > Austin Ziegler * halostatue@gmail.com > * Alternate: austin@halostatue.ca > >