locating package.conf

[Simon Marlow]

> Simon Marlow wrote:
>  > [...] but 'make install' on Windows is very rare anyway 
> (most people
>  > just install from the .msi or run it from the build tree).
> 
> But a 'make install' is not so rare if you took the trouble of
> installing half a dozen utilities to do a successful 'make'. :-)
> 
>  > I'd only be guessing at the right way to fix this.  
> Perhaps SysTools
>  > should look for $prefix/lib/package.conf in addition to >
>  > $prefix/package.conf?
> 
> Hmmm, I'm not sure how to fix this correctly (probably the 'make
> install' logic on WinDoze is simply broken), but a quick workaround
> would be a shell script / batch file adding
> 
>     -Bc:\Programme\cygwin\usr\local\lib\ghc-6.1
> 
> to the commandline for ghc.exe and ghci.exe (if your prefix was
> /usr/local and your Cygwin is installed in c:\Programme\cygwin).

After looking at this, the conclusion seems to be that 'make install' on
Windows is not supported.  With some effort it could perhaps be made to
work: you're welcome to tackle it, but I doubt that we will.

Cheers,
	Simon