#13287: The runtime parses arguments past -- under windows but passes them on as arguments on linux -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: AndreasK | Owner: AndreasK Type: bug | Status: new Priority: high | Milestone: 8.2.1 Component: Runtime System | Version: 8.0.2 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: Other | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Changes (by rwbarton): * priority: normal => high * milestone: => 8.2.1 Comment: Thank you! I was baffled by this behavior in the context of a stack ticket (on phone, so not going to look for it now). With your hints I now understand more or less what is going on. The difference between `--` and `--RTS` is that the former is passed on to the program, while the latter is not. It's intentional and documented at least in the code which implements it, and I think in the user's guide also. Let's just fix this for 8.2 (should be a one line change) and worry about cleaning up the weird command line stuff we do on Windows after that. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/13287#comment:3 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler