From: Luis Lavena <luislavena@...>
Date: 2009-05-27T20:40:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Ocra: "Failed to create directory"

On May 27, 5:43 am, "Thomas B." <tpr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Luis Lavena wrote:
> > Can you provide more information about the version of Ruby, RubyGems
> > and application/script you're trying to package?
>
> ruby 1.9.1p0 (2009-01-30 revision 21907) [i386-mswin32]
>
> ocra (1.0.3)
>
> Windows XP SP3
>
>   - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.3.3
>   - RUBY VERSION: 1.9.1 (2009-01-30 patchlevel 0) [i386-mswin32]
>   - RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
>     - ruby
>     - x86-mswin32-60
>   - GEM CONFIGURATION:
>      - :update_sources => true
>      - :verbose => true
>      - :benchmark => false
>      - :backtrace => false
>      - :bulk_threshold => 1000
>
> > If you can reproduce a simple "hello world" with the same problem,
> > will be great.
>
> A simple "hello world" program works like it should. If I require and
> use any of the files from the standard library (like 'matrix',
> 'rexml/document') it still works. Now if I require a gem file: for
> 'syntax' (1.0.0) it works, and for 'log4r'  (1.0.5) it fails with:
>
> C:/DOCUME~1/TPReal/USTAWI~1/Temp/seb3B.tmp/src/_hello.rb:2:in `require':
> no such
>  file to load -- log4r (LoadError)
>         from
> C:/DOCUME~1/TPReal/USTAWI~1/Temp/seb3B.tmp/src/_hello.rb:2:in `<mai
> n>'
>
> I do require 'rubygems' before 'log4r' in my script.
>
> And to get the "Failed to create directory" error, I need to require my
> custom library file, which is located in D:\Ruby\_Files, and is
> accessible because "D:/Ruby/_Files" is stored in RUBYLIB environment
> variable. Passing it as -I to ruby gives the same result.
>
> Each time I run ocra I get WARNING: Couldn't find enumerator.so. This is
> because $"[0] is "enumerator.so" (no full path). I don't know why but I
> feel it is not a problem here.

That is really helpful information Thomas.

In case you're aren't aware, I've been working on a MinGW based
version of Ruby.

Right now, 1.9.1-p129 for mingw32 include all the missing pieces
required to actually run Ruby 1.9 on Windows.

Would you mind try using it instead of mswin32 version?

With the MinGW version, I never got the enumerator.so warning and no
problem with RubyGems at all.

Please see the following posts in my blog about download links and
instructions:

http://blog.mmediasys.com/2009/05/05/rubyinstaller-state-of-one-click/
http://blog.mmediasys.com/2009/05/17/rubyinstaller-updated-packages-and-other-news/
http://blog.mmediasys.com/2009/05/19/pure-ruby-readline-released-012/

>
> Another question: is it possible with Ocra to include some static
> content in the package? I cannot find any info about that.

I think is not, It doesn't assume the current directory or the
directory where the original executable is located, contrary to
RubyScript2Exe which plays with LOAD_PATH.

Maybe the following tips help you out:

http://rubyonwindows.blogspot.com/2009/05/ocra-compiler-tips-tricks-and-gotchas.html

Please check the mingw32 version and issues with it, and I'll really
love to help you out.

--
Luis Lavena