[Haskell-cafe] Building com-1.2.3

[Andrew Coppin]

Don Stewart wrote:
> andrewcoppin:
>   
>> Andrew Coppin wrote:
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>>> C:\com-1.2.3>runhaskell Setup configure
>>> Configuring com-1.2.3...
>>> Setup: Missing dependencies on foreign libraries:
>>> * Missing header file: include/WideStringSrc.h
>>> * Missing C libraries: kernel32, user32, ole32, oleaut32, advapi32
>>>
>>> Any hints?
>>>       
>>     
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> Have you tried installing the C libraries it requests?
>   

kernel32.dll, user32.dll, etc. are all standard DLL files present in 
C:\WINDOWS\system32.

I was hoping that saying --extra-lib-dirs=C:\WINDOWS\system32 like the 
error message suggests would magically fix the problem... but no. I 
guess that would be too easy.

It also doesn't explain why Cabal isn't finding include/WideStringSrc.h, 
even though that's the correct relative path to the file. I checked six 
times; it's definitely there.

I also had a look around to see if there's any readme files in the Cabal 
package or any helpful hints on the package website. I found some 
example code, but nothing about how to get it to compile. :-( 
[Presumably because for the author it worked without doing anything 
special.]