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Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 08:36:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: Nicholas Wourms <nwourms AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: Re: Ruby for Cygwin [was Re: Concurrent versions of cygwin1.dll on on e system]
To: "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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--- Keen Wayne A Contr AFRL/MNGG <keenwa AT eglin DOT af DOT mil> wrote:
> I can tell you that Ruby builds right out of the box.  Simple
> 
> ./configure
> make
> make install
> 
> does the trick.  It MUST be the ultimate in easy, as *I* can do it.  
> (Now they will go and change something just to make me look
> dumber than I already do)
> 

My point was that someone who uses Ruby should politely ask the author to
submit his package for inclusion in the Cygwin distribution.  This will
save headaches for users in the future if they get their dll from one
source.  Besides, I've been wanting to check out Ruby at some point...  Oh
well, I guess we'll see...

Cheers,
Nicholas

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