[GHC] #1502: GHC should integrate better with mingw

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#1502: GHC should integrate better with mingw
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 Reporter:  eivuokko         |          Owner:             
     Type:  feature request  |         Status:  new        
 Priority:  normal           |      Milestone:  6.12 branch
Component:  Compiler         |        Version:  6.6.1      
 Severity:  normal           |     Resolution:             
 Keywords:  windows          |     Difficulty:  Unknown    
 Testcase:                   |   Architecture:  Unknown    
       Os:  Windows          |  
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Changes (by NeilMitchell):

 * cc: ndmitchell at gmail.com (added)

Comment:

 I agree with Claus here, GHC should ship its own minimal version of the
 necessary mingw tools, which is private to GHC. This would simplify the
 Windows Building instructions, and reduce the number of obvious mistakes
 people can make. People who want Mingw should install their own separate
 copy - if GHC tries to reuse an existing installation it becomes much more
 fragile with version shift.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1502#comment:7>
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