From: Cayce Balara <house@...>
Date: 2008-10-06T00:36:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Making/Compiling Gems on Windows with MinGW

> 
> What gem are you trying to compile?
> 

eventmachine is the one I'm currently having problems with but there are 
others, like hpricot, that I just have older versions of that are 
precompiled instead of the most current build.

> Also, if you have gcc.exe and make.exe in your PATH, there will be no
> issues with it.

the error messages point to a misshing header file - specifically 
windows.h - not that the gcc/make executables can't be found. I do have 
those in the PATH.

> 
> Keep in mind that the ruby version you're using *must* be the one
> build with MinGW, and will not work with the one build with VC6. To
> spot this difference run "ruby -v" and see the platform information.
> 
> mswin32: VC6 build
> mingw32: MinGW (GCC) build
> 

I appreciate that - I was not aware of the fact that they had to 
'match'. I've definitely got the VC6 build, so that's most likely my 
problem.

> using --without-* you're excluding the 'include' files, the opposite
> that you want to achieve :-)
> 
> Use --with-opt-include=C:/server/mingw/include

I've tried all of the options that appeared to be useful - no luck. I 
think it's the issue above.

> 
> HTH,

Thanks so much for the reply and the assistance!

c.
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