From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2006-10-07T00:56:50+09:00
Subject: Re: tabs and parse errors with Ruby 1.8.4 and Windows

On Sat, 7 Oct 2006, Tim Hunter wrote:

> Of course, Ara.
>
> Kaspar Schiess, the RMagick Win32 guru, compiled RMagick 1.9.2 for Ruby
> 1.8.2 using mingw. This worked fine since the 1-click installer for Ruby
> 1.8.2 was compiled with VC++2003 (iirc, I don't know much about MS compiler
> versions).  Curt switched to VC6 (VC++2005?) for the Ruby 1.8.4 1-click
> installer. The binaries produced by mingw are not compatible with the VC6
> binaries, so as soon as RMagick users (mostly Rails folks) switched to Ruby
> 1.8.4 they started having problems. Usually the problems had the symptom
> described in this thread.
>
> Brett DiFrischia, RMagick's new Win32 ninja, compiled the RMagick 1.13.0 gem
> for Windows using a compiler that is compatible with the 1.8.4 1-click
> installer. I think he posted the details on this list, if not I'm sure he'd
> be happy to explain.
>
> There was a lot of discussion on this list about which compiler to use for
> the 1-click installer a couple of months ago. The decision directly affects
> all binary extensions for Windows. I'm pulling for mingw since it's free (as
> in FOSS). There are also good arguments for an MS compiler. I don't think
> Curt's made a decision yet.
>

thanks alot tim.  i for one, am also pulling for an mingw compiler.

kind regards.

-a
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