From: ara.t.howard@... Date: 2006-05-25T01:01:47+09:00 Subject: Re: Proposing: A new Ruby Windows installer On Thu, 25 May 2006, Austin Ziegler wrote: > On 5/24/06, ara.t.howard@noaa.gov wrote: >> On Wed, 24 May 2006, Curt Hibbs wrote: >> > There is a slight problem here though. I don't have time to go into the >> > detais (I've got to get out of the house in 15 minutes), but right now to >> > build the one-click ruby installer/distro you need VC++ 6.0. The free >> > version is VC++ 8 and is not compatible. >> i've never understood why one would use the mingw? my biggest issue with >> windows ruby is that i can't do this > > MinGW uses MSYS. You're using MinGW when you use MSYS, Ara. ooops. typo. what i meant to say was ... i've never understood why one __wouldn't__ use the mingw/msys combo? ... obviously i'm campaigning for extconf.rb cross-platform compat - and that means using mingw/msys. sorry for confusion. -a -- be kind whenever possible... it is always possible. - h.h. the 14th dali lama