[Hackage] #158: if os(windows) does not work

25 Sep 2007

      #158: if os(windows) does not work
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  Reporter:  duncan           |        Owner:           
      Type:  defect           |       Status:  new      
  Priority:  high             |    Milestone:  Cabal-1.2
 Component:  Cabal            |      Version:  1.2.0    
  Severity:  normal           |     Keywords:           
Difficulty:  easy (<4 hours)  |   Ghcversion:  6.4.2    
  Platform:  Linux            |  
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 The {{{os}}} condition currently uses the {{{System.Info.os :: String}}}
 to check if we're on the OS specified. This is bad and wrong since in GHC
 at least on Windows this string is {{{"mingw32"}}}. For configurations
 it's ok if this works:

 {{{
 if os(mingw32)
    blah
 }}}

 but it's essential that this works:

 {{{
 if os(windows)
    blah
 }}}

 At a bare minimum we should add an alias system, such that we can specify
 {{{windows}}} and {{{solaris}}} rather than the cryptic {{{mingw32}}} and
 {{{solaris2}}}. I suggest that comparisons also be case insensetive.

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Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/158
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