From: Luis Lavena <luislavena@...>
Date: 2009-06-05T09:25:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Compiling Ruby 1.9.1 zlib issue on Windows

On Jun 4, 11:48 am, "J. D." <jdezen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Luis..
>
> I took a look at the repository and decided to play around this morning
> and see how it all worked..
>
> After git cloning locally and running a few tests:
>
> rake (correctly builds 1.8.6)
>
> If I run rake ruby19 CHECKOUT=1 (I receive the following error)
>
> After the following..
>
> nv zlib1.dll bin
> cd -
> cd C:/rubyinstaller (this is my local clone for the install)
> svn cohttp://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/branches/ruby_1_9_1
> downloads/ruby_1_9
> rake aborted!
> Command failed with status (127): [svn cohttp://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby...]
>

Ruby source code uses Subversion, which you need to install.

I recommend getting the binaries from here:

http://subversion.tigris.org/

You could try the Collabnet versions, which are Installers and setup
the PATH for you, or you can be hardcore and download the zip one ;-)

Anyway, check if subversion is available with "svn --version"

> I tried to do rake ruby19 CHECKOUT=1 TRUNK=1 (and receive the same
> error)
>

AFAIK "TRUNK" option is only available on Roger Pack fork, not on
mine:

http://github.com/rogerdpack/rubyinstaller/tree/master

Both are synced, so is safe for you do the following:

git remote add roger http://github.com/rogerdpack/rubyinstaller/tree/master
git remote update
git checkout -b roger-master roger/master

And from there, use the exact same command you pasted above.

> I would definitely like to try the easier methods when doing the build.

What you did is good, I believe based on years being building my own
version of Ruby, this is the easiest way.

> I just wanted to do a build for myself to see the process.  But, I
> realize that process is "very" long and tedious.  I like the way you've
> setup the recipes..

Indeed, the process is very tedious and error prone. Ruby itself
bundles a lot of libraries that depend on so many external tools and
libraries that turn the joy of using RUby (the language) into a
nightmare and frustration.

You can read more about the project at my blog:

http://blog.mmediasys.com/
(shameless self-promotion)

Cheers,
--
Luis Lavena