Cannot load such file -- socket.so while packing gem

[bethesque]

Thank you for your work on ruby-packer. I hope it will solve some "path too long" problems we're having with Travelling Ruby on Windows. I'm trying to create a windows executable out of a gem (bundler is just the example here) on Appveyor, and I'm hitting a problem.

• Steps to reproduce:

Appveyer file: https://github.com/pact-foundation/pact-ruby-cli/blob/master/appveyor.yml

Key line:

rubyc.exe --output bundle.exe --gem=bundler --gem-version=1.16.4 bundle

• Expected behaviour

bundle.exe is created

• Actual behaviour

https://ci.appveyor.com/project/pact-foundation/pact-ruby-cli/build/1.0.15#L180

-> cd C:/Users/appveyor/AppData/Local/Temp/1/rubyc/bundler-1.16.4
Downloading http://rubygems.org/downloads/bundler-1.16.4.gem
C:/__enclose_io_memfs__/lib/ruby/2.4.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require': 
cannot load such file -- socket.so (LoadError

From what I can see, the error is coming from the ruby inside rubyc, as __enclose_io_memfs__ seems to be a path particular to ruby-packer.

I have tried to reproduce the correct environment by copying https://github.com/pmq20/ruby-packer/blob/master/ruby/appveyor.yml but I must be missing something. Any pointers would be appreciated, as my googling has not provided anything helpful.

[bethesque]

Ok, I've realised that my appveyor file was way over complicated and I only needed to copy what you'd done in the root appveyor file, but I get the same issue.

https://ci.appveyor.com/project/pact-foundation/pact-ruby-cli#L244

[bethesque]

Train of thought here, I'm not sure why it's trying load an .so file on windows - it's like it doesn't know it's on windows?

[iamsimakov]

hi, do you need to build this gem strongly on windows? did you try to do it on the linux/mac?

[bethesque]

It works on Linux, but yes, the main point of my exercise is to create a Windows executable.

[bethesque]

I'm assuming that I need to build the Windows executable on Windows... being able to build it on Linux would be preferable, but strange! (Having said that, the Travelling Ruby windows executable gets built on Linux, so I guess anything is possible!)

[iamsimakov]

If you assigned to windows you can use Docker Ubuntu image with rubyc to build app. )) but I am not sure I see full picture what you want.

[bethesque]

I want to build a windows executable. Your documentation suggests that a windows executable needs to be built on windows.

rubyc --gem=bundler --gem-version=1.15.4 bundle
./a.out (or a.exe on Windows)

Do you have any example scripts that show how to build a windows executable using ruby-packer?

[artyomkalm]

The same question, does anybody have any progress in this?

[vitalykarasik]

The same question after 1.5 year - any luck?