[Win32utils-devel] Fwd: BUG? Win32::Service.create calling CreateServiceW

[Joe Swatosh]

Hi Dan,

When we upgraded win32-process to 0.6.0, we had to upgrade some dependencies.

Now we are getting failures when invoking Win32::Service.create in code that
used to work.  After looking in the registry and futzing around with the code,
it appears that when Win32::Service.create calls CreateService, ultimately
CreateServiceW is being called.

I added this to the file before we invoke anything in Win32::Service, and our
app seems to be working again:

       class Win32::Service
        def CreateService(*a)
          CreateServiceA(*a)
        end
        def self.OpenService(*a)
          OpenServiceA(*a)
        end
       end

But is obviously not a real solution.

As an aside, we seem to be having failures when calling Process.create, but
need to do more research (some calls fail while others work).  This is a Rails
app, so maybe ActiveSupport require magic could be changing the order of the
requires?

I think these are the relevant gem versions:
      win32-service-0.6.1-x86-mswin32-60
      windows-pr-0.9.8
      windows-api-0.2.4
      win32-api-1.3.0-x86-mswin32-60
      win32-process-0.6.0

Thanks
--
Joe