Help Compiling Ruby 1.8.1

[Zach Dennis]

Things aren't going so well with Ruby's 1.8.1 source and VisualStudio6. Once
we get to the line:

H:\ruby-1.8.1\win32>nmake DESTDIR=temp install

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 6.00.8168.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1988-1998. All rights reserved.

.\miniruby.exe ./../instruby.rb "--dest-dir=temp" "--make=NMAKE"
"--mf
lags=" "--make-flags= "
install -c -p -m 0755 ruby.exe temp/bin/ruby.exe
install -c -p -m 0755 rubyw.exe temp/bin
install -c -p -m 0755 msvcrt-ruby18.dll temp/bin
install -c -p -m 0755 msvcrt-ruby18.lib temp/lib
install -c -p -m 0644 msvcrt-ruby18-static.lib temp/lib
install -c -p -m 0644 config.h temp/lib/ruby/1.8/i386-mswin32
install -c -p -m 0644 rbconfig.rb temp/lib/ruby/1.8/i386-mswin32
install -c -p -m 0755 bin/erb temp/bin/erb
H:/ruby-1.8.1/lib/fileutils.rb:402:in `initialize': No such file or
directory -
temp/bin/erb (Errno::ENOENT)
from H:/ruby-1.8.1/lib/fileutils.rb:402:in `open'
from H:/ruby-1.8.1/lib/fileutils.rb:402:in `copy_file'
from H:/ruby-1.8.1/lib/fileutils.rb:401:in `open'
from H:/ruby-1.8.1/lib/fileutils.rb:401:in `copy_file'
from H:/ruby-1.8.1/lib/fileutils.rb:645:in `install'
from H:/ruby-1.8.1/lib/fileutils.rb:641:in `fu_each_src_dest'
from H:/ruby-1.8.1/lib/fileutils.rb:641:in `install'
from H:/ruby-1.8.1/lib/fileutils.rb:815:in `install'
from ./../instruby.rb:59:in `install'
from ./../instruby.rb:128
from ./../instruby.rb:121:in `each'
from ./../instruby.rb:121
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '.\miniruby.exe' : return code '0x1'
Stop.


Any help greatly appreciated.

Zach

P.S. - if borlands' install for ruby is smoother then vc++ then i will use
that. =)

-----Original Message-----
From: Zach Dennis [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:38 PM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Re:


It's late I think I am thinking off base at the moment. Thanks for your help
Hidetoshi. I'm heading to bed and I'll update tomorrow on any progress.

Zach

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hidetoshi NAGAI" <[email protected]>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: