In article <slrn96tt0f.uel.andy / workbench.toolshed.com>,
  Andy / Toolshed.Com wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Jan 2001 13:10:44 GMT, rerwig / my-deja.com <rerwig@my-
deja.com> wrote:
> > In article <m2lms1qsuj.fsf / zip.local.thomases.com>,
> >   Dave Thomas <Dave / PragmaticProgrammer.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > It seems like the traditional ways are always the best.
> > >
> > > Having no idea _why_ the web server was truncating the download
file,
> > > the server got rebooted, and everything now seems fine. So, feel
free
> > > to start downloading the Ruby 1.6.2 installer from
> > >
> > >   http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/ruby/downloads/ruby-
install.html
>
> > After installing on Windoew NT, I got this message when starting
> > RybyWin for the first time:
> >
> > Failed assertion
> >   !(pos2 > len2)
> > at line 126 of file
> > /usr/local/cygwin/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.2-
5/../../../../inclu
> > de/g++-3/std/bastring.cc
>
> Make sure you have ruby162-1.exe, as ruby162-0.exe had this problem.
>
> If you open up the RubyWin shortcut in the startup menu, you should
> see *no arguments* given to rubywin, and it should startup in a
> given directory.  If arguments are given to rubywin, you'll see
> the error thrown above.
>
> /\ndy
>
> --
> Andrew Hunt, The Pragmatic Programmers, LLC.
> Innovative Object-Oriented Software Development
> web:   http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com   email:
andy / pragmaticprogrammer.com
> --
> Books by Andrew Hunt and David Thomas:
>     "The Pragmatic Programmer" (Addison-Wesley 2000)
>     "Programming Ruby" (Addison-Wesley 2001)
> --
>
I did use both versions ruby162-0.exe and ruby162-1.exe and tried to
install them "custom" and "typical". Bahaviour was as explained above.
BTW, using the "repair" option (used after an installation) just
removes (part of) the ruby installation, render it useless.

Ruud


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