From: Daniel Berger <djberg96@...>
Date: 2008-12-13T08:56:55+09:00
Subject: Re: FFI Gem on Win32

Wayne Meissner wrote:
> 2008/12/13 Simon Smith <simonjsmithuk@yahoo.co.uk>:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I need to install the 0.2.0 FFI gem for MRI on a win32 system. I have
>> thus far been unable to get it to compile. The issue is with nmake:
> 
> 
>> makefile(181) : fatal error U1052: file '$(srcdir)/ffi.mk' not found
>> Stop.
> 
> Unfortunately, thats just the start of the fun on windows.  There are
> a few code changes needed to support windows as well.
> 
> I have ported the latest FFI code to windows, but building it is a bit
> involved - you need msys+mingw, you need to build ruby from source
> (matching the one-click version) using mingw, and then build the FFI
> gem using that new ruby install.

No hope for people who want to build it via VC++ ?

Regards,

Dan