#723: Strip path error under Cygwin ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: guest | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: cabal-install tool | Version: 1.6.0.3 Severity: normal | Keywords: strip cygwin windows Difficulty: unknown | Ghcversion: Platform: Windows | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ I am using a new Windows 7 box using cygwin and the Haskell Platform 2010.2.0.0. I am working with cabal-install version 0.8.2 using version 1.8.0.6 of the Cabal library. Cabal config is default located here: \\fs1\grad\users\pkeir\Application Data\cabal\config Installing packages with cabal-install ends with an error relating to the path argument provided to strip (strip is present on cygwin): cabal install cpphs ... Linking dist\build\cpphs\cpphs.exe ... Installing library in \\fs1\grad\users\pkeir\Application Data\cabal\cpphs-1.11\ghc-6.123 Installing executable(s) in \\fs1\grad\users\pkeir\Application Data\cabal\bin /usr/bin/strip: '\fs1\grad\users\pkeir\Application Data\cabal\bin\cpphs.exe': No such file cabal.exe: Error: some packages failed to install: cpphs-1.11 failed during the final install step. The exception was: ExitFailure 1 It looks like strip is being given one less backslash than it needs at the start. The exe is however installed, and so this command does work: strip '\\fs1\grad\users\pkeir\Application Data\cabal\bin\cpphs.exe' Though of course the package remains formally uninstalled. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/723 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects