On Jan 10, 2007, at 05:07, James Edward Gray II wrote: > Thinking about it another way, how many precompiled extensions, for > Windows let's say, include a Makefile? What the heck do you need > that for and how likely is make to be installed? You don't include makefiles, you include extconf.rb and run it to generate a Makefile. -- Eric Hodel - drbrain / segment7.net - http://blog.segment7.net I LIT YOUR GEM ON FIRE!