From: dons@cse.unsw.edu.au [mailto:dons@cse.unsw.edu.au]

joelr1:

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Folks,

I downloaded and installed the pre-built ghc 6.4.1 on Windows XP and Win2k. I tried building FastPackedStrings but ghc crashes soon after starting. Any tips?

I'm gonna try with a hand-built ghc but somehow doubt it will help.

Oh, now that's interesting. Do you have a log of where it crashes? It could be some Cabal code, or perhaps something strange in FPS that's tricking GHC.

Which version of the FPS code is this? Just the one in the darcs repo?

(from the libraries list) -----Original Message----- From: Simon Peyton-Jones [mailto:simonpj@microsoft.com] Subject: RE: Cabal doesn't echo commands with -v on Windows Windows GHC 6.4.1 is definitely seg-faulting when it runs Cabal. (Cabal outputs less trace stuff than it should, but that's a separate and less urgent matter.) We're investigating. Simon