ANNOUNCE: GHC version 6.8.2

[Simon Marlow]

Juanma Barranquero wrote:
> On Dec 13, 2007 2:05 PM, Claus Reinke <claus.reinke at talk21.com> wrote:
> 
>> try %HOMEDRIVE% %HOMEPATH% instead?
> 
> Doesn't work either.
> 
>> you might have set %HOME% to help some unix software
>> along, but this variable doesn't seem to exist by default.
> 
> It worked in 6.8.1.
> 
> With which I mean, GHCi had no trouble finding .ghci at %HOME% in 6.8.1.

Yes, see this ticket which was fixed in 6.8.2:

   http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1838

GHCi now uses getHomeDirectory, so you need to put your .ghci file wherever 
getHomeDirectory says your home directory is.

Cheers,
	Simon