BUGS (2): Win32 ghc and Win98

[Reuben Thomas]

> 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.

Thanks, I'll do that for the 5.02 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.

FIX 2: Upgrade to Win2K or XP (or better, Linux, even though this would put
me out of a job!). Unfortunately, we don't have Win98 around here, and
getting things working in the (relatively sane) Win2K environment is bad
enough. I'll be delighted to implement any solution up with which you come.

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