From: Roger Pack <rogerpack2005@...>
Date: 2008-08-12T02:22:25+09:00
Subject: Re: gem native extension installer  failure on winxp pro 64 system

David Southwell wrote:
> Here is the shell error:
> C:\ ..........> gem update
> Updating installed gems
> Updating fxruby
> Successfulyy installed fxruby-1.6.16-x86-mswin32-60
> Updating haml
> Successfully installed haml-2.0.2
> Updating hpricot
> Building Native extensions.  This could take a while...
> ERROR: While executing gem.... (Gem::Installer::ExyensionBuildError)
> ERROR: failed to build gem native extension
> 
> Path was given to gem.make.out file which reads:
> 
> C:/Program Files (x86)/ruby/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb update
> 'C:/Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
> 
> At first glance it seems the update script does not specify  path 
> correctly
> specified for platform.
> --------------------
> 
> Does anyone know how to fix this?
> 
> David

Looks like with hpricot the latest version doesn't come with a 
pre-compiled binary.  So avoid that, or install VC6 or mingw + mingw 
ruby.  Maybe :)
http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/162401#new
-R
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