From: dave@...
Date: 2006-12-06T23:45:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Can't install win32-service on winxp



On Dec 5, 10:23 pm, Daniel Berger <djber...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Jeff wrote:
> > Daniel Berger wrote:
> >> Perhaps
> >> I'll look into distributing this as a binary instead of forcing a
> >> compile, if possible.
>
> > That would be great... please do so if possible. :-)
>
> > Thanks!
> > JeffAlright people, listen up.  There are now two gems for win32-service.
> If you just want the binary, use the "mswin32" gem.  If you want to
> build from source use the "plain" gem.  Capiche?
>
> And, in case you're wondering why you would ever want to build from
> source when you've got the binary option, the answer is that the binary
> I'm distributing was built with VC++ 6.0.  That means that the
> Win32Service struct will be missing the pid and service_flags members,
> and the Service.services method won't support the second (group) argument.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dan

Friggn schweet, Dan.
Thanks for the quick turnaround. You da man!

(for those who didn't understand what Dan said, just do a "gem install
win32-service" again and it'll give you install options. Pick #2.)