[nhc-bugs] Building nhc98 on Windows 2000

[Malcolm Wallace]

> | So am I right in thinking that if GHC did no internal 
> | filepath mangling whatsoever, everything file-related would just work?
> 
> GHC does mangle '/' into '\' on Windows.  That is jolly convenient, and
> we certainly rely on it when using GHC (e.g to build GHC).
> I don't know why doing so should be a problem; after all, it's Windows.

It's okay, I retract the suggestion.  Claus Reinke has explained to me
all about the Windows filesystem, the Cygwin filesystem, and Cygwin
mounts, all of which were previously a great mystery to me since I
don't possess a Windows box.  At last I think I actually understand
the problem and GHC's filepath mangling has nothing to do with it.

Regards,
    Malcolm