From: Axel S. <si...@co...> - 2010-05-27 18:14:04
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diffing dir... Thu May 27 14:13:10 EDT 2010 Axe...@in... * Note that Cabal 1.8 is required for ghci support under Windows. Ignore-this: 1c5fc3bb7ad83f5d1094e0083ddd9913 { hunk ./INSTALL 76 -install MinGW nor MSys but it does not hurt if they are installed on your -system. Install the binaries by unpacking them into a directory without +install MinGW nor MSys (but it does not hurt if they are installed on your +system). Install the binaries by unpacking them into a directory without hunk ./INSTALL 98 +ghci and Gtk2Hs on Windows + +Due to the way cabal registers packages with ghc, it is quite difficult to perform the +renaming of libraries which is necessary for the binary Windows bundle to work. As a +consequence, the cabal package can do this renaming only with Cabal 1.8 (shipped with ghc +6.12). If you use ghc 6.10 or earlier, you need to upgrade your Cabal system to 1.8 if you +want to build Gtk2Hs with ghci support. Note that it is always possible to build executables +on Windows. + } |