[GHC] #1281: runghc, runhaskell invoke wrong ghc when not first ghc in PATH

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#1281: runghc, runhaskell invoke wrong ghc when not first ghc in PATH
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    Reporter:  Isaac Dupree  |        Owner:         
        Type:  bug           |       Status:  new    
    Priority:  normal        |    Milestone:  6.8    
   Component:  Compiler      |      Version:  6.6    
    Severity:  normal        |   Resolution:         
    Keywords:                |   Difficulty:  Unknown
          Os:  Linux         |     Testcase:         
Architecture:  Unknown       |  
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Comment (by simonmar):

 Yes :-)

 I don't think it's possible.  On Unix runghc would have to be a script, so
 that we could add the appropriate $bindir at install-time, but you can't
 invoke a script using the #! syntax.  This is why runghc currently just
 calls whatever GHC is in your PATH.

 I suppose we could arrange to build runghc at install-time, but that
 sounds like a lot of work to get right.

 It might make sense to have runghc not search the PATH on Windows,
 however.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1281>
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