# \[Bug #3382\] cannot cross-compile socket.so for winsock2 (mingw32)

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**Created:** [June 3, 2010, 11:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-3382-cannot-cross-compile-socket-so-for-winsock2-mingw32/189570 "2010-06-03T11:09:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 11:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-3382-cannot-cross-compile-socket-so-for-winsock2-mingw32/189570/1 "2010-06-03T11:09:49Z")

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Bug #3382: cannot cross-compile socket.so for winsock2 (mingw32)  
[http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/3382](http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/3382)

e$B5/I\<\<Te(B: Shyouhei U.  
e$B%9%F!\<%?%9e(B: Assigned, e$BM%@hEYe(B: Normal  
e$BC4Ev\<Te(B: Nobuyoshi N., e$B%+%F%4%je(B: build, Target version:  
Ruby 1.8.8  
ruby -v: ruby 1.8.8dev (2010-05-31 revision 27061) [i386-mingw32msvc]

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specifice$B$N$h$&$K8+$($^$9!#e(B

make[1]: Entering directory  
`/home/shyouhei/build/ruby\_1\_8\_7-mingw32/ext/socket’  
i586-mingw32msvc-gcc -I. -I…/…  
-I/home/shyouhei/ruby.devel.svn/branches/ruby\_1\_8\_7  
-I/home/shyouhei/ruby.devel.svn/branches/ruby\_1\_8\_7/ext/socket  
-DHAVE\_SOCKADDR\_STORAGE -DHAVE\_INET\_NTOA -DHAVE\_GETSERVBYPORT  
-Dsocklen\_t=int -DHAVE\_WSACLEANUP -DHAVE\_GETHOSTNAME -I.  
-DRUBY\_DEBUG\_ENV -D\_FORTIFY\_SOURCE=2 -DRUBY\_DEBUG\_ENV  
-D\_FORTIFY\_SOURCE=2 -s -Os -mms-bitfields -c  
/home/shyouhei/ruby.devel.svn/branches/ruby\_1\_8\_7/ext/socket/socket.c  
In file included from  
/home/shyouhei/ruby.devel.svn/branches/ruby\_1\_8\_7/win32/win32.h:28,  
from  
/home/shyouhei/ruby.devel.svn/branches/ruby\_1\_8\_7/defines.h:186,  
from  
/home/shyouhei/ruby.devel.svn/branches/ruby\_1\_8\_7/ruby.h:37,  
from  
/home/shyouhei/ruby.devel.svn/branches/ruby\_1\_8\_7/ext/socket/socket.c:13:  
/usr/lib/gcc/i586-mingw32msvc/4.2.1-sjlj/…/…/…/…/i586-mingw32msvc/include/ws2tcpip.h:272:  
error: two or more data types in declaration specifiers  
make[1]: \*\*\* [socket.o] Error 1

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**Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 11:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-3382-cannot-cross-compile-socket-so-for-winsock2-mingw32/189570/2 "2010-06-03T11:17:25Z")

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e$B%A%1%C%He(B #3382 e$B$,99?7$5$l$^$7$?!#e(B (by Usaku NAKAMURA)

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This issue was solved with changeset r28144.  
Shyouhei, thank you for reporting this issue.  
Your contribution to Ruby is greatly appreciated.  
May Ruby be with you.

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[http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/3382](http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/3382)

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**Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 11:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-3382-cannot-cross-compile-socket-so-for-winsock2-mingw32/189570/3 "2010-06-03T11:19:11Z")

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e$B%A%1%C%He(B #3382 e$B$,99?7$5$l$^$7$?!#e(B (by Usaku NAKAMURA)

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## 1.8.7e$B$N8e$Oe(B1.8.6e$B$K$b%A%1%C%H2s$7$F$"$2$F$/$@$5$$!#e(B

[http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/3382](http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/3382)

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**Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 11:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-3382-cannot-cross-compile-socket-so-for-winsock2-mingw32/189570/4 "2010-06-08T11:29:40Z")

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e$B%A%1%C%He(B #3382 e$B$,99?7$5$l$^$7$?!#e(B (by Shyouhei U.)

e$B%9%F!\<%?%9e(B Assignede$B$+$ie(BClosede$B$KJQ99e(B

This issue was solved with changeset r28223.  
Shyouhei, thank you for reporting this issue.  
Your contribution to Ruby is greatly appreciated.  
May Ruby be with you.

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[http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/3382](http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/3382)

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**Author:** ![Shyouhei\_U](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Shyouhei\_U](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shyouhei_U)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-3382-cannot-cross-compile-socket-so-for-winsock2-mingw32/189570/5 "2010-06-08T17:22:14Z")

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e$B%A%1%C%He(B #3382 e$B$,99?7$5$l$^$7$?!#e(B (by Shyouhei U.)

e$B%9%F!\<%?%9e(B Closede$B$+$ie(BAssignede$B$KJQ99e(B  
e$BC4Ev\<Te(B Shyouhei U.e$B$+$ie(BKirk H.e$B$KJQ99e(B

Kirk, it turned out that configure’s --with-winsock2 option had not been  
working for mingw32 compilers.

## Revision r28223 should fix it. Please backport.

[http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/3382](http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/3382)