From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2008-09-26T04:27:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Gem update on Windows is broken?

On Sep 25, 2008, at 01:22 AM, Charles Roper wrote:
> When I issue the "gem update" command on Windows, whenever it gets  
> to a
> gem whose latest version DOESN'T have Windows binaries, it'll  
> attempt to
> build the native extention which will, of course, fail. For example:
>
>  Updating sqlite3-ruby
>  Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
>  ERROR:  While executing gem ... (Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError)
>    ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
>
>  c:/ruby/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb update
>  checking for fdatasync() in rt.lib... no
>  checking for sqlite3.h... no
>
>  nmake
>  'nmake' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
>  operable program or batch file.

There is no pre-built sqlite3-ruby for any platform.

http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=254&release_id=25302