On 02 January 2008 10:25, melvins wrote: > Mike Boone wrote: >> >> In reference to that /dev/urandom bug I encountered last week, I >> thought I might try to build Ruby from source on Cygwin and see how it >> works. >> >> I downloaded Ruby 1.8.6-p111 off the ruby-lang.org website, unpacked >> it, then ./configure and make. This fails with: >> >> ./missing/strftime.c:193: error: 'timezone' redeclared as different kind >> of symbol /usr/include/cygwin/time.h:33: error: previous declaration of >> 'timezone' was here make: *** [strftime.o] Error 1 >>
> I had the same problem with you mike, what I did is I downloaded a > stable-snapshot version of ruby, then I copy the missing/strftime.c file to > hte 1.8.6 version, run make again, then it now all works. For full explanation, see http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2007-12/msg00003.html cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
