From: Ollivier Robert <roberto@...>
Date: 2003-06-12T22:01:36+09:00
Subject: Re: Problems building 1.8.0 on FreeBSD 5.0 with --enable-shared

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In article <pan.2003.05.25.20.53.06.550102@nc.rr.com>,
Tim Hunter <cyclists@nc.rr.com> wrote:
> Building ruby-1.8.0 using --enable-shared under FreeBSD 5.0 using GCC 3.3
> gets many warnings and ultimately fails. NOT using --enable-shared works
> okay.

Have you tried usng the port (/usr/ports/lang/ruby-devel) ?