Hi,
I am looking for someone who built ruby using Borland c.
Because I don’t want to use BIG M$$$ compiler.
And dont’ want to feel like lost without them.
And I am sure still there is somebody still using Borland C.
Anybody give me a hand pls.
I think bcc32 directory which comes with the ruby trunk is not up to
date.
And I have no makefile experience to fix it up and commit to the ruby
community.
I get the following error.
D:\Ruby_test_ver>bcc32\configure.bat
MAKE Version 5.2 Copyright © 1987, 2000 Borland
MAKE Version 5.2 Copyright © 1987, 2000 Borland
Creating Makefile
type “`make’” to make ruby for bccwin32.
D:\Ruby_test_ver>make
MAKE Version 5.2 Copyright © 1987, 2000 Borland
Error ./common.mk 611: Redefinition of target ‘opt_sc.inc’
Error ./common.mk 611: Redefinition of target ‘optinsn.inc’
Error ./common.mk 611: Redefinition of target ‘optunifs.inc’
Error ./common.mk 611: Redefinition of target ‘insns.inc’
Error ./common.mk 611: Redefinition of target ‘vmtc.inc’
*** 5 errors during make ***
I edit the common.mk and comment the error lines.
And then I get the other error.
D:\Ruby_test_ver>make
MAKE Version 5.2 Copyright © 1987, 2000 Borland
config.h updated.
Creating config.status
Fatal: ‘.\ruby.h’ does not exist - don’t know how to make it
Pls help.
OS: WinXP
Comp: Borland C++ 5.82 for Win32 Copyright © 1993, 2005 Borland
Any help is appreciated
With kindest regards
yc
On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 03:47:45PM +0900, Yusuf C. wrote:
Hi,
I am looking for someone who built ruby using Borland c.
Because I don’t want to use BIG M$$$ compiler.
And dont’ want to feel like lost without them.
And I am sure still there is somebody still using Borland C.
Actually, I think gcc is probably a more common C compiler than Borland
C, as an alternative to the Microsoft compiler. It’s even more popular
on MS Windows, from what I’ve seen – though I admit my experience may
be
a bit skewed from the average in this regard.
Thanks Chad,
I am really glad that somebody’s heard my scream.
I never used gcc before. But I think I will give it a go.
I’ve been using Borland c++ for a while and quite happy with it.
And now there is a free version can search using "Borland’s Free C++
Compiler ".
I guess the problem is in the make file regarding the include directory.
Since I have no experience with Makefiles I don’t know how to fix it.
Thanks again Chad appreciated.
With kindest regards
yc
Chad P. wrote:
Actually, I think gcc is probably a more common C compiler than Borland
C, as an alternative to the Microsoft compiler. It’s even more popular
on MS Windows, from what I’ve seen – though I admit my experience may
be
a bit skewed from the average in this regard.
Hi,
At Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:47:45 +0900,
Yusuf C. wrote in [ruby-talk:259253]:
I think bcc32 directory which comes with the ruby trunk is not up to
date.
bcc32 support will be obsolete.
Thanks for the reply.
Nobuyoshi N. wrote:
bcc32 support will be obsolete.
May I ask the reason?
Because, bcc32 is a good and popular compiler in Win environment.
And there are lots of people using it.
Thanks in advance
yc
Yusuf C. wrote:
Thanks for the reply.
Nobuyoshi N. wrote:
bcc32 support will be obsolete.
May I ask the reason?
So no reason, ok, fair enough.
I have another question then
Where can I get gcc compiler and how to use to build ruby.exe ?
Thanks in advance
yc
Think of it as an ‘all in one’ toolkit.
oh, and for just the gcc.
although you might need cygwin (unix environment for windows)
On Jul 13, 2007, at 8:16 AM, Yusuf C. wrote:
Where can I get gcc compiler and how to use to build ruby.exe ?
Thanks in advance
yc
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On 7/13/07, Ari B. [email protected] wrote:
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Think of it as an ‘all in one’ toolkit.
oh, and for just the gcc.
Installing GCC: Binaries - GNU Project
although you might need cygwin (unix environment for windows)
Hmm Mingw should be enough[ still cygwin is a good thing to have IMHO]
only that there is no need to install all that stuff only to compile
Ruby?
http://www.mingw.org/
HTH
Robert
Hi,
At Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:16:20 +0900,
Yusuf C. wrote in [ruby-talk:259294]:
bcc32 support will be obsolete.
May I ask the reason?
So no reason, ok, fair enough.
-
it doesn’t support C89 standard (can’t initialize aggregate
types with dynamic values).
-
tools (named as make.exe, grep.exe confusingly) work quirkily
or curiously.
-
the maintainer doesn’t have enough time to keep the code up
to date.
Thanks all,
I’ve downloaded and installed MinGW.
In VC++ win32\configure.bat and then run nmake.
So what is the next step to build ruby for MinGW?
Thanks in advance
yc
On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 04:16:23PM +0900, Yusuf C. wrote:
Thanks again Chad appreciated.
With kindest regards
You’re quite welcome.
Sometimes, something that compiles with one compiler doesn’t with
another. Generally, GCC and the MS compiler are among the most
important
compilers to people who write software like the Ruby, Perl, and Python
interpreters. I tend to guess the Intel compiler might be third place.
That’s one reason I brought up the GCC compiler (the other being you
indicated you had no interest in using the MS compiler). I just thought
you might want to know some more about my reasoning.
On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 09:16:20PM +0900, Yusuf C. wrote:
Where can I get gcc compiler and how to use to build ruby.exe ?
You probably just needed to wait a little bit for the answer to come
through. I see that, since you posted this, someone posted an answer to
the previous question.
Some questions take longer than others to get answered. Some don’t ever
get answered – but it’s usually a good idea to give it a day or two to
be sure. If not a day, at least longer than five hours in the early
morning. If only one or two people on the list know the answer to your
questions (like why bcc is becoming obsolete), and they don’t check the
email account until evening, 6 AM is probably a little early to give up.
I hope I don’t sound like a nag. . . .
Thanks all,
You’ve allocated your valuable time to answer my question.
I am really greatfull for that.
I still don’t know how to build ruby using MinGW.
This is my last question on this topic.
Thank in advance
yc
Chad P. wrote:
That’s one reason I brought up the GCC compiler (the other being you
indicated you had no interest in using the MS compiler). I just thought
you might want to know some more about my reasoning.
On most “non-Gnu” systems, the native compiler (MS on Windows, Sun’s
compilers on Solaris, etc.) are in first place. On Gnu systems, GCC is
in first place. In high-performance computing, I know people who won’t
use GCC on an Intel platform, even Linux, but use the Intel compiler.
I actually think I had a copy of the Intel compiler at one point –
there’s a version you can download for evaluation purposes. But I gave
away my last Intel box, a P3, and am now a pure AMD lab. 
At least you can lead me to an internet page.
Thanks
yc
Yusuf C. wrote:
Thanks all,
You’ve allocated your valuable time to answer my question.
I am really greatfull for that.
I still don’t know how to build ruby using MinGW.
This is my last question on this topic.
Thank in advance
yc
2007/7/18, Yusuf C. [email protected]:
At least you can lead me to an internet page.
Adding to the mix of information: if you use cygwin anyway you can as
well use the cygwin ruby package. It’s even more hassle free than
compiling yourself. Just my 0.02EUR…
Kind regards
robert
Thanks Robert,
Where can I find any info. regarding how to use cygwin?
Because, I am windows user and no clue how to use cygwin.
With kindest regards
yc
Robert K. wrote:
2007/7/18, Yusuf C. [email protected]:
At least you can lead me to an internet page.
Adding to the mix of information: if you use cygwin anyway you can as
well use the cygwin ruby package. It’s even more hassle free than
compiling yourself. Just my 0.02EUR…
Kind regards
robert
On Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 09:09:12PM +0900, Yusuf C. wrote:
Thanks Robert,
Where can I find any info. regarding how to use cygwin?
Because, I am windows user and no clue how to use cygwin.
Cygwin webpage:
http://cygwin.com
Many Cygwin resources:
cygwin - Google Search
It’s basically a Unix toolset for MS Windows. Google is your friend:
just searching for “cygwin” gave me the main Cygwin website as the first
hit.
Thanks Chad for the response,
To start from the beginning,
I wanted to use bcc32 to build ruby,
but Nobuyoshi N. said that bcc32 support will be absolute.
Since I had no intention of using M$$$ compiler I asked for an
alternative one.
I was lead to usign gcc (MingGW) which is free and can be used to build
ruby
for Win32.
But I am stuck on how to build ruby using gcc:
For ms compiler the steps are:
1.Execute win32\configure.bat on your build directory.
2.Run nmake
But I don’t know the step for MinGW.
Thanks in advance
With kindest regards
yc
Chad P. wrote:
Cygwin webpage:
http://cygwin.com
Many Cygwin resources:
cygwin - Google Search
It’s basically a Unix toolset for MS Windows. Google is your friend:
just searching for “cygwin” gave me the main Cygwin website as the first
hit.
Hi,
Thanks Nobuyoshi,
I guess these steps are for Linux.
I need the steps for WinXP.
Thanks again
With kindest regards
yc
Nobuyoshi N. wrote:
autoconf && ./configure CC=‘gcc -mno-cygwin’ && make &&
make install DESTDIR=“anywhere you want install to”