compiler for gems

[Hans Dampf]

How can I define, which c-compiler should be used installing gems with
c-code on windows?
Is there a possibility to select a compiler (mingw, bcc32, cygwin) or
does it always use msvc?

 

[Tim Hunter]

How can I define, which c-compiler should be used installing gems with
c-code on windows?
Is there a possibility to select a compiler (mingw, bcc32, cygwin) or
does it always use msvc?

By default it's the same compiler that you used to compile Ruby.
Otherwise you could try setting the CC environment variable.

set CC=bcc32

 

[Roger Pack]

How can I define, which c-compiler should be used installing gems with
c-code on windows?
Is there a possibility to select a compiler (mingw, bcc32, cygwin) or
does it always use msvc?

I know that by default with mingw it'll use what the first "make" and/or
"gcc" is in the path, so setting the path up right may help.
-=R