From: Johan Holmberg <holmberg@...>
Date: 2002-06-18T00:54:19+09:00
Subject: Re: system & changes to ENV on Windows


On Sun, 16 Jun 2002, U.Nakamura wrote:
> >
> >  - wouldn't Ruby be much more useful on Windows if it worked
> >    like other script-languages with regard to system, ENV and PATH ?
>
> This problem is already fixed in ruby 1.7.
>

Ok, how do I get hold of a suitable 1.7 version of Ruby ?
Rubys "home page" says "Devel is 1.7.2", but there is no link to
where that can be found.

And another link says "Stable snapshot is available. (2001-01-18)",
which seems to be very old by now.

If I as an ordinary Ruby user, want to use something newer than
1.6.7, what should I try ?

From the web-page it seems that use of a newer version is
discouraged. Is that right ?


>
> >  - has anyone used the code enabled by the USE_WIN32_RTL_ENV
> >    symbol ?  Does the code work ?
> >
> >  - if it works, wouldn't it be a good idea to have enabled by
> >    default ?
>
> Although I tested this code, I forget a result. ;-(
> However, I remember that there was a certain problem.
>

This makes me nervous. What is "certain problem" ?

If I found a suitable 1.7 version I would try for myself, to see of
things work as I expect. But as I wrote above I don't understand
where to find it.

/Johan Holmberg