Resolving Windows 64-bit linker issues

[Darren Grant]

Thank you kindly for the great introduction. I hope I can be helpful here.


On Feb 16, 2015 7:47 AM, "Mikolaj Konarski" <mikolaj at well-typed.com> wrote:

> Resending, since Roman's and Kyril's email addresses were mangled/missing.
>
> On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 3:43 PM, Simon Peyton Jones
> <simonpj at microsoft.com> wrote:
> > Darren
> >
> >
> >
> > Excellent!  We have a Windows Task Force, consisting roughly of the folk
> in
> > cc.  So they would be the first group to ask.
> >
> >
> >
> > (I think it would be very helpful to have a Windows Task Force home
> page, so
> > that it’s easier to find the group.)
> >
> >
> >
> > thanks for helping with Windows.
> >
> >
> >
> > Simon
> >
> >
> >
> > From: ghc-devs [mailto:ghc-devs-bounces at haskell.org] On Behalf Of Darren
> > Grant
> > Sent: 15 February 2015 07:36
> > To: ghc-devs at haskell.org
> > Subject: Resolving Windows 64-bit linker issues
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> >
> >
> > I notice there are a series of related long-standing issues subject to
> > particular cygwin64 quirks, and I'd like to offer time to help resolve
> these
> > if possible
> >
> > At this point I've had some exposure to the GHC build process (7.8.3),
> and
> > have poked around the GHC linker to gain some low level insight.
> >
> >
> >
> > Would anyone be available to fill me in on the current state of affairs
> with
> > mingw64 GHCi linking? For instance, is there ongoing work, or perhaps a
> > preferred direction but no available developer bandwidth to proceed?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Darren
> >
> >
>
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