X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: RE: mysql.so: Permission denied (Ruby under Cygwin) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:14:56 +0200 Message-ID: <387E9FC1619C0849BA8934938037E54F0884DC@sv-muc-004.venyon-mail.local> In-Reply-To: <20070618125654.GL4179@calimero.vinschen.de> References: <387E9FC1619C0849BA8934938037E54F0884D2@sv-muc-004.venyon-mail.local> <20070618125654.GL4179@calimero.vinschen.de> From: "Ronald Fischer" To: , X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id l5IDF8KP018645 > > require 'mysql' > > > > raises the following error message: > > > > > /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7.3-mswin32/ext/mysql.so: > Permission > > denied - > /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7.3-mswin32/ext/mysql.so > > (LoadError) > > from > > > /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:32:in `require' > > > > The access rights to mysql.so are as follows: > > > > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 rfischer mkgroup-l-d 81984 May 21 18:08 > > /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7.3-mswin32/ext/mysql.so > > > > > > Using the mysql module with Ruby on Windows outside Cygwin > works well. > > What could be the reason for this problem? > > The first problem are the access rights. Shared libs must have the > execute bits set. chmod +x mysql.so will help. This helped a lot! > > The second problem is that this shared lib has been created for the > native win32 version of ruby, not for the Cygwin version. It *might* > work together, but it's neither guaranteed, nor supported. ... which might explain the new behaviour, that the programs starts to run, but at the end gets a ~/thome/importer_tests $ onereq_oneappl.rb /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7.3-mswin32/ext/mysql.so: [BUG] Segmentation fault ruby 1.8.6 (2007-03-13) [i386-cygwin] I see that I am here still on experimental ground. Maybe the idea of using mysql from within Cygwin-Ruby was really not so good in the first place.... Ronald -- Ronald Fischer Phone: +49-89-452133-162 -- 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/