# Goocanvas support for Cygwin/MinGW

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/goocanvas-support-for-cygwin-mingw/149621>\
**Category:** Ruby-Gnome 2\
**Created:** [September 26, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/goocanvas-support-for-cygwin-mingw/149621 "2008-09-26T20:22:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![yselkowitz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/b19c9b/32.png) [@yselkowitz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/yselkowitz)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/goocanvas-support-for-cygwin-mingw/149621/1 "2008-09-26T20:22:47Z")

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goocanvas/extconf.rb is missing the add\_depend\_package calls required  
for linking on Cygwin and MinGW. OK to apply this patch?

Yaakov  
(ruby-gtksourceview2 maintainer)

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**Author:** ![yselkowitz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/b19c9b/32.png) [@yselkowitz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/yselkowitz)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/goocanvas-support-for-cygwin-mingw/149621/2 "2008-10-04T23:40:58Z")

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Hi,

In [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
“[ruby-gnome2-devel-en] goocanvas support for Cygwin/MinGW” on Fri, 26  
Sep 2008 20:22:47 +0200,  
“Yaakov (cygwin ports)” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> goocanvas/extconf.rb is missing the add\_depend\_package calls required  
> for linking on Cygwin and MinGW. OK to apply this patch?

Sure. Please!

## Thanks,

kou

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**Author:** ![yselkowitz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/b19c9b/32.png) [@yselkowitz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/yselkowitz)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 4:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/goocanvas-support-for-cygwin-mingw/149621/3 "2008-10-05T04:43:24Z")

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Kouhei S. wrote:

> Sure. Please!

Looks like someone else already applied it. Thanks!

Yaakov