[ ghc-Bugs-1206426 ] SHGetFolderPath link error

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Bugs item #1206426, was opened at 2005-05-21 23:43
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Category: Build System
Group: 6.4
>Status: Closed
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: SHGetFolderPath link error

Initial Comment:
Vivian McPhail

On Win9x with GHC 6.4.1

Attempting to compile Cabal

setup.exe is linked to missing export
SHELL32.DLL:SHGetFolderPathA

There is a dll named ShFolder.dll which can be
downloaded from microsoft to provide this function.  I
note that libshfolder.a is also to be found in
$GHC/gcc-lib directory.

I have (manually) added "ShFolder" to extraLibraries of
Cabal in package.conf, which fixed the problem when
running GHCi.

However, when running the Cabal package setup.exe the
above error (in a dialog box) occurs.

I ran ghc with -v to see the libraries linked against,
and they included -lshfolder.

I cannot figure out what is going wrong here.  Does
shell32 say it exports the function and thus prevent
ShFolder from providing it?

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>Comment By: Sigbjorn Finne (sigbjorn)
Date: 2005-08-11 10:11

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Closing this bug as I haven't heard back. The change 
suggested by the bug reporter has made its way into the 
CVS sources for Cabal (rev. 1.18 of package.conf.in). If this 
turns out not to fix the issue, let's re-open this bug.



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Comment By: Sigbjorn Finne (sigbjorn)
Date: 2005-07-06 10:44

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Making that same change here gives me a setup.exe that 
isn't dependent on shell32.dll, but shfolder.dll only.

Could you provide the exact steps you're following and/or e-
mail me the final binary so that I can poke around a bit more?

--sigbjorn

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