Thanks for the reply!

Version 1.6.3 also has strftime.c in the missing directory. I'll seek out
1.6.4 and give it a shot.

BTW anyone: I'm using Caldera eDesktop 2.4, kernel version 2.2.14.

Thanks,
  JJ

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"Stefan Matthias Aust" <sma / 3plus4.de> wrote in message
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> "J J" <jj5412 / earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> >I'm trying to compile Ruby (1.6.2 and/or 1.6.3) on Cygwin. Both complain
> >about the timezone variable being redefined in strftime.c (1.6.3 in line
> >124, 1.6.2 in line 130), which is defined in /usr/include/time.h.
> >
> >Anyone know how to fix this?
>
> I successfully complied Ruby 1.6.4 on cygwin 1.1.8.  Perhaps upgrading
> Ruby is the easiest solution.  In that version, the file is located
> only in the missing directory which I think means it's not used for
> compilation.
>
> bye
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> Stefan Matthias Aust \/ Truth Until Paradox
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