From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2006-07-30T14:48:40+09:00
Subject: Re: build error on cygwin

N Okia wrote:
> On 7/29/06, Sch�le Daniel <uval@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> wrote:
>> yes, ruby is a part of the distribution
>> there seems to be a problem with irb (it doesn't start)
>> that's why I am trying to install it from sources
>> most of the time I am working on my Linux box and I simply like to
>> build software I use from sources :)
>>
>
> That's very odd. I've installed Cygwin with Ruby on several Win XP
> machines, and never had any problems with ruby or irb. Maybe you need
> to reinstall cygwin?
>
>
I just tried "irb" on CygWin and it spake thusly:

$ irb
/usr/bin/ruby: no such file to load -- ubygems (LoadError)

I think CygWin is broken! Is this what it's doing on your system??