This is really cool, thanks!
If you wouldn't mind, perhaps that page should be updated (the MSYS2
page) to point to your Powershell script. That would be really useful
and make it much easier to find for people who don't follow the
mailing list.
On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 8:03 PM, Niklas Larsson
Hi!
I have made a Powershell script that sets up a GHC build environment on Windows from scratch. It's at https://github.com/melted/getghc. It largely follows the instructions at https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building/Preparation/Windows/MSYS2. It has no dependencies aside from Powershell 3.0.
The reason I made it was to make it easier to set up a build bot on a clean machine. But it's probably generally useful for people who want to develop GHC on Windows.
Usage: - Put the script in an empty directory - Run it - Hope for the best
Potential problems: - If Python 2.7 is already installed and not on the path, the script wont install it, and msys wont pick up the path. Solution: Add the path to python in the control panel. - Powershell wont run unsigned scripts by default. The error message will give a hint how to disable that. I will add a signed version as soon as I can figure out how.
Niklas
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