#55: `strip: unable to rename 'c2hs.exe'; reason: File exists` --------------------+------------------------------------------------------- Reporter: guest | Type: defect Status: new | Priority: normal Milestone: | Component: general Version: 0.16.2 | Keywords: strip rename file configure setup mingw windows --------------------+------------------------------------------------------- I'm currently trying to build c2hs (v 0.16.4) from the cabal source package from HackageDB on a Win64 system. == TERMINAL LOG == PS .> cabal install Resolving dependencies... Configuring c2hs-0.16.4... Preprocessing executables for c2hs-0.16.4... Building c2hs-0.16.4... Linking dist\build\c2hs\c2hs.exe ... Installing executable(s) in C:\Users\##\AppData\Roaming\cabal\bin C:\prog-x86\MinGW\bin\strip.exe: unable to rename 'C:\Users\##\AppData\Roaming\cabal\bin\c2hs.exe'; r eason: File exists cabal.exe: Error: some packages failed to install: c2hs-0.16.4 failed during the final install step. The exception was: ExitFailure 1 == SETUP CONFIG - CONCERNING STRIP == ("strip", ConfiguredProgram {programId = "strip", programVersion = Nothing, programDefaultArgs = [], programOverrideArgs = [], programLocation = FoundOnSystem {locationPath = "C:\\prog-x86\\MinGW\\bin\\strip.exe"}}) I hope I included enough information to make it possible to solve this bug. Comment if you need anything. Thanks. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/c2hs/ticket/55 c2hs http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~chak/haskell/c2hs/ C->Haskell, An Interface Generator for Haskell