win32utils devel - Dec 2007 - [ win32utils-Bugs-16211 ] win32-service will not install/build corectly if the system has VC8

Bugs item #16211, was opened at 2007-12-10 15:40
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Category: win32-service
Group: Packaging
Status: Closed
Resolution: Rejected
Priority: 3
Submitted By: Sorin Sbarnea (intersol)
Assigned to: Daniel Berger (djberg96)
Summary: win32-service will not install/build corectly if the system has VC8

Initial Comment:
Currently ruby is compiled with VC6 and if someone does have VC8 installed the
build will succeed but the extension will crash at load because
incompatibilities between CTR.

#case 1: 
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ruby.exe - Unable To Locate Component
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This application has failed to start because MSVCR80.dll was not found.
Re-installing the application may fix this problem.
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OK   
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#case 2: (after coping the MSVCR80.dll to ruby.exe dir) (bad ideea, look down)

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Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library
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Runtime Error!

Program: c:\ruby\bin\ruby.exe

R6034

An application has made an attempt to load the C runtime library incorrectly.
Please contact the application''s support team for more information.

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Looking for a solution? 
#1 fast one - provide an already build gem with version 0.6

I''ve spend some time investigating this and I think that the problem is
that the application must load the DLL from SxS directory instead of current
directory. I don''t have quite a good experience with this but i think
these links could help:
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=132033&SiteID=1



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>Comment By: Sorin Sbarnea (intersol)
Date: 2007-12-11 11:31

Message:
I know, i''ve been documenting further and it''s not possible.
Meanwile I''ve installed VC6 and made a hack

I''ve wrote some info regarding building with VC8, it''s not
much but it''s a start
http://nusunt.eu/Building_ruby_extensions_on_Windows_VC6/VC8

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Comment By: Daniel Berger (djberg96)
Date: 2007-12-11 02:57

Message:
Hi Sorin,

Well, I can''t make VC8 work with VC6 - that''s really not a
bug. I have, however, provided a VC6 specific gem. You can grab it here:

http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/28400/win32-service-0.6.0-x86-mswin32-60.gem

I think rubygems 0.9.5 has a bug that will prevent you from installing it
remotely. I recommend downloading the gem file and installing locally.

Closing ticket.

Regards,

Dan

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Comment By: Sorin Sbarnea (intersol)
Date: 2007-12-10 15:54

Message:
Some news:
At compile a file named daemon.so.manifest is generated but
it''s not delivered nor loaded.

I''ve renamed the file to "ruby.exe.manifest" and copied to
c:\ruby\bin and surprize: it seams that to work, at lease
win32-service will pass the tests now.

Considering that ruby.exe is build with vc6 and is "hacked"
by this manifest to use newer CRT I don''t know if this will
crash other things.

Do someone know how to run the tests for the entire ruby
installation including gems?

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