Bug #2510: xsystem fails in 1.9/mingw http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/2510 Author: Roger Pack Status: Open, Priority: Normal ruby -v: ruby 1.9.1p376 (2009-12-07 revision 26041) [i386-mingw32] In 1.8 xsystem("ls") within an extconf.rb works fine in 1.9.2, same with 1.9.1, it always fails. Thanks. -r ---------------------------------------- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org