Hi! There was a thread last June (http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/libxml-devel/2009-June.txt), where similar error happened:
> gem install libxml-ruby Building native extensions. This could take a while... ERROR: Error installing libxml-ruby: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. D:/Ruby/bin/ruby.exe -rubygems D:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/bin/rak e RUBYARCHDIR=D:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/libxml-ruby-1.1.3-x86-mswin32-60/li b RUBYLIBDIR=D:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/libxml-ruby-1.1.3-x86-mswin32-60/lib rake aborted! No Rakefile found (looking for: rakefile, Rakefile, rakefile.rb, Rakefile.rb) D:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2377:in `raw_load_rakefile ' (See full trace by running task with --trace) Gem files will remain installed in D:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/libxml-ruby-1. 1.3-x86-mswin32-60 for inspection. Results logged to D:/Ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/libxml-ruby-1.1.3-x86-mswin32-6 0/ext/mingw/gem_make.out =================================================== "gem update --system" did NOT help :( We posted on some forum (e.g.: http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/204954) and someone suggested to contact the devs. A bug is already raised regarding the issue: http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=27909&group_id=494&atid=1971 Could you help us if there is a workaround - we really need to use this library as one of our core component is dependant on it... Thank you in advance: Zoltan _______________________________________________ libxml-devel mailing list libxml-devel@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/libxml-devel