From: Christoph <chr_news@...>
Date: 2002-07-04T17:35:20+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby 1.7 for Windows?

> From: Andrew Hunt [mailto:andy@toolshed.com]

....

>     * GDBM: I need a MS compilable version.  The gnuwin version that

>     I found on the net only has gdbm.dll, and no .lib.  I could hand

>     compile from the source version (as I did with zlib), but the

>     prospect of doing so with *every* stinkin' package that comes up

>     is not appealing.  Ideas and links are more than welcome.



Hi Andy,



try the following link



http://paedros.x-y.net/dev/gdbmwin32/





You need to add ``gdbmerrno.h'' to the includes of

Ruby/ext/gdbm.c to compile the gdbm extension successfully.



Generally why don't you post a ``package wishlist'' -

people are probably are more then willing to help out.





/Christoph