BUGS (2): Win32 ghc and Win98

[Mike Thomas]

Hi Reuben.

Two bugs for you:


BUG 1:  Under Windows 98, ghc fails because of a gcc path problem - can't
find as etc.

FIX 1: This is caused by a particular release of the standalone mingw32 gcc
which changed the default path separator and broke the package under W98 and
some of the newer versions of Windows.  I fixed this by replacing gcc.exe in
your distribution with one from the latest mingw32 standalone release on
Sourceforge.  Better, of course, to replace the whole lot with the latest
release.


BUG 2: Under Windows 98 Sigbjorn's example Win32 hello world program
displays but then hangs when the window close icon is clicked.  Works OK
under NT, and can be closed under Windows 98 by "^C" in the terminal window.

NOFIX 2: Unfortunately I haven't got around to working on this one yet.


Cheers

Mike Thomas.