From: Austin Ziegler Date: 2006-10-19T03:48:26+09:00 Subject: Re: Cross Compiling Ruby Extension On 10/18/06, Brian Takita wrote: > On 10/18/06, Austin Ziegler wrote: > > On 10/18/06, Brian Takita wrote: > > > I'm attempting to cross compile a ruby extension for Windows from a > > Linux > > > box. > > > Im running Ubuntu 6.06, Ruby 1.8.5, and mingw gcc 3.4.4. > > I don't recommend doing this if you want your extension to be > > compatible with the current Windows Ruby release. > Thanks for your reply. I'm at my wit's end in compiling ruby extensions on > Windows. Ruby 1.8.5 is compiled under VC 6, right? > > Its too bad that is very difficult to compile extensions for Windows. > > Do you mind if I pick your brain at the conference? You can try -- I'm going to be interested in picking a lot of peoples' brains at the conference about this issue. See a notice that I'll be posting later tonight. -austin -- Austin Ziegler * halostatue@gmail.com * http://www.halostatue.ca/ * austin@halostatue.ca * http://www.halostatue.ca/feed/ * austin@zieglers.ca