From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2006-10-26T08:36:08+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] Re: How do I tell when I'm on Cygwin?

Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In message "Re: [OT] Re: How do I tell when I'm on Cygwin?"
>     on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 01:31:58 +0900, Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@path.berkeley.edu> writes:
> 
> |(But doesn't the FXRuby loading problem caused by ruby 1.8.5 qualify as 
> |serious? That's what's keeping me from upgrading from 1.8.4...)
> 
> I'm afraid that I don't recognize that problem.  Can you help me to
> identify the problem?

Ruby 1.8.5 loads the fox16.so twice, causing a large number of "already 
initialized constant" messages.

One report:

http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/219241

That post links to the FXRuby bug report:

http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=5633&group_id=300&atid=1223

I reported it about a year ago for the 1.9 snapshot:

http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/117682

But at least one report (from Curt Hibbs) says that the problem doesn't 
seem to affect anything important:

http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/220744

So maybe it's ok.... does anyone have long-term experience with 1.8.5 
and fox16? Is it stable?

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