# Re: One-Click Installer: MinGW? or VC2005? (fwd)

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**Created:** [July 21, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-one-click-installer-mingw-or-vc2005-fwd/99312 "2006-07-21T17:59:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-one-click-installer-mingw-or-vc2005-fwd/99312/1 "2006-07-21T17:59:36Z")

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cross-posting this for completeness…

## -a

suffering increases your inner strength. also, the wishing for  
suffering  
makes the suffering disappear.

- h.h. the 14th dali lama

---------- Forwarded message ----------  
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 09:35:14 -0600 (MDT)  
From: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
To: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
Subject: Re: One-Click Installer: MinGW? or VC2005?

On Sat, 22 Jul 2006, Austin Z. wrote:

> On 7/18/06, U.Nakamura [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:
> 
> > Even if you choose either, you will have to compile all sources  
> > by the compiler as which you chose.
> 
> Mmm. This may or may not be the case. This is why I have been trying  
> to collect information for an ongoing conversation with Microsoft.  
> They are … concerned that we are still using VC6 as our compiler and  
> want to see what can be helped to provide better support for moving  
> Ruby to VC8.

here’s an example showing the abis of the c libs are not compatible:

Ara@windozer C:/msys/1.0/home/Ara/build/narray-0.5.8  
$ /c/ruby/bin/ruby -r ./narray.so -e’ p NArray ’  
./narray.so: 127: The specified procedure (isacii) could not be  
found. -  
./narray.so (LoadError)

Ara@windozer C:/msys/1.0/home/Ara/build/narray-0.5.8  
$ /c/usr/local/bin/ruby -r ./narray.so -e’ p NArray ’  
NArray

to reproduce

- install msys

- build an msys ruby:

- download and build narray using msys ruby:

if you’ve managed to install both the one-click and an msys ruby this  
script  
will demonstrate the issue (obviously run it from msys command line):

```
 #! /bin/bash

 msys_ruby="/c/usr/local/bin/ruby"
 one_click_ruby="/c/ruby/bin/ruby"

 unset RUBYOPT

 cd ~
 mkdir build 2>/dev/null
 cd build

 curl http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/7658/narray-0.5.8.tar.gz 

```

> narray-0.5.8.tar.gz

```
 tar xvfz narray-0.5.8.tar.gz
 cd narray-0.5.8
 $msys_ruby extconf.rb && make && make install
 $msys_ruby -r narray -e' puts "you just installed #{ NArray }" '

 $msys_ruby -r ./narray.so -e' p "msys narray success!" '
 $one_click_ruby -r ./narray.so -e' p "one_click_ruby narray 

```

success!" ’

```
 cd ~

```

i’ll be out of town all weekend, hopefully this is valuable info.

-a