[FR-devel] RE: Threading Problem Fixed with Andy's Latest Installers

[Curt Hibbs]

address@hidden wrote:
>
> On Fri, 30 Aug 2002 06:06:00 -0700, "Curt Hibbs" <address@hidden> wrote :
>
> > I just test FreeRIDE (with Rich's recent fixes) with both of the latest
> > versions of Andy's Windows Installers: 1.6.7-4 and 1.7.2-4
> downloaded from:
> >
> >     http://rubygarden.com/ruby?WindowsInstaller
> >
> > FreeRIDE runs perfectly with both builds! Thanks, Andy!
>
> Ummm, this seems unlikely to me (but I've been wrong before).
>
> The critical changes to Ruby 1.6 and 1.7 were committed to the Ruby CVS
> repository only a few weeks ago, but I believe I'm correct in saying that
> Andy's installers are built against older versions of Ruby.

Well, it looks like you are correct. I just tried running your groupbox.rbw
sample and it still fails. :-(

I can't explain why I can now run FreeRIDE, but the threading bug is
definitely still there.

> So, for the immediate future, I think FreeRIDE'ers are still going to have
> to check the Ruby source code out of CVS and build it for themselves in
> order to benefit from this fix. I *have* confirmed that if you build Ruby
> 1.6 from CVS, you can use my FXRuby-1.0.13-win32 installer as-is with that
> version (i.e. they seem to be binary compatible). For Ruby 1.7,
> they'll need
> to download my FXRuby-1.0.13-win32-ruby1.7.3 installer.

An alternative that works for me is to run Andy;'s Windows Installer first,
and then build the latest Ruby and install that on top of Andy's stuff. That
way I don't have to build all of the extensions.

Curt