Brian Smith
the current code assumes that "ld" is in the system path. On windows, without Cygwin or MinGW, this is usually not the case. People will add only, e.g. c:\ghc\ghc-6.4.1\bin to the path. But, GHC's copy of ld.exe is in "c:\ghc\ghc-6.4.1\gcc-lib." Also, if MinGW or Cygwin is being used, then the "ld" in the path might be different than the one GHC normally uses. I recommend invoking "ld" just like ghc-pkg does:
#if defined(darwin_HOST_OS) r <- rawSystem "ld" ["-r","-x","-o",ghci_lib_file,"-all_load",batch_lib_file] #elif defined(mingw32_HOST_OS) execDir <- getExecDir "/bin/ghc-pkg.exe" r <- rawSystem (maybe "" (++"/gcc-lib/") execDir++"ld") ["-r","-x","-o",ghci_lib_file,"--whole-archive",batch_lib_file] #else r <- rawSystem "ld" ["-r","-x","-o",ghci_lib_file,"--whole-archive",batch_lib_file] #endif
Brian sent me a patch for this which I've pushed out. Can I get other Windows testers, please? peace, isaac