[Haskell-cafe] Building com-1.2.3

[Don Stewart]

andrewcoppin:
> Don Stewart wrote:
>> andrewcoppin:
>>   
>>> Andrew Coppin wrote:
>>>     
>>>> 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?
>>>>       
>>>     
>>
>>
>> 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.]

Compile with -v3 or so, to get full debugging output on the PATH and
explicit paths being used.

Have you contacted the author?

-- Don