# Segmentation fault: Ruby 1.8.5 Under VC++ express 2005 **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [February 9, 2007, 12:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/segmentation-fault-ruby-1-8-5-under-vc-express-2005/85035 "2007-02-09T12:56:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zmzmzm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/ac8455/32.png) [@zmzmzm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zmzmzm)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 12:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/segmentation-fault-ruby-1-8-5-under-vc-express-2005/85035/1 "2007-02-09T12:56:26Z")
Hi, Have anybody tried to compile the 1.8.5 code with VC++ express 2005 SP1 and Windows platform SDK 2003 R2? I have pass the compile. And when it run miniruby, coredump happens. ----------------\>8----------------------------------------------- miniruby ./win32/mkexports.rb:9: [BUG] Segmentation fault ruby 1.8.5 (2007-01-31) [i386-mswin32\_80] ----------------\>8---------------------------------------------- Both the stable version and the snapshot version have this problem. I am running the compilation on XP SP2. Any help will be greatly appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![zmzmzm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/ac8455/32.png) [@zmzmzm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zmzmzm)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 2:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/segmentation-fault-ruby-1-8-5-under-vc-express-2005/85035/2 "2007-02-09T14:06:33Z")
On 2/9/07, zm [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > am running the compilation on XP SP2. > > Any help will be greatly appreciated! I haven’t seen that, specifically, but I haven’t tried in over a year to compile with VS2005 (and have even less incentive to do so now that my primary machine is a Mac). I wouldn’t be surprised if something was linked in that used a different C runtime, which is the number one problem with even thinking about using VS2005. I need to bug the folks at MS again and get them talking with people who actually care about this problem any longer. (Curt, if you’re reading this, I’d say that MinGW is your best option at this point. I’ve heard nothing from them since RubyConf.) -austin ---
**Author:** ![zmzmzm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/ac8455/32.png) [@zmzmzm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zmzmzm)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/segmentation-fault-ruby-1-8-5-under-vc-express-2005/85035/3 "2007-02-09T18:46:07Z")
On Feb 9, 7:53 pm, “zm” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > am running the compilation on XP SP2. > > Any help will be greatly appreciated! I have manage to “bypass” the error. The problem seems like whenever the miniruby trying to call a “popen” kind of things it will die. The 9th line of the mkexports is actually IO.foreach("|dumpbin -symbols " + objs.join(’ ')) do |l| I generate a static file with the command line of dumpbin, and let IO.foreach read this file, then the compilation go through. Again when do nmake test, it will fail at the execute quote `...` Has anybody got the same issue here? ---
**Author:** ![zmzmzm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/ac8455/32.png) [@zmzmzm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zmzmzm)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 8:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/segmentation-fault-ruby-1-8-5-under-vc-express-2005/85035/4 "2007-02-09T20:00:18Z")
On 2/9/07, Austin Z. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > > I need to bug the folks at MS again and get them talking with people > who actually care about this problem any longer. > > (Curt, if you’re reading this, I’d say that MinGW is your best option > at this point. I’ve heard nothing from them since RubyConf.) Yeah… I’m here. I was planning to go MinGW less something happenned along the way that presented a better option. Curt