RE: GPF WinXP GHCi 6.4

On 15 March 2005 10:58, Ross Paterson wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 10:47:07AM -0000, Simon Marlow wrote:
>> This is caused by a clash between the new Win32 package and the old
>> win32 package.  The Windows installer contains both, but
>> unfortunately they clash on the name of the libraries.
>> 
>> I think the new Win32 library is ready to replace the old one
>> (Ross?). 
> 
> The System part seems to work OK, but
> 
> On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 at 09:33:05 -0000, Simon Marlow wrote:
>> If I compile with -threaded, then the HelloWorld program pops up a
>> window, but the cursor is an hour glass and it doesn't do anything
>> else. The other two either hang, or if I use -threaded they re-enter
>> the scheduler.
> 
> which I take as a no.  I suspect it just needs one big push from a
> Windows expert.

We need a quick solution for 6.4.  Should the new Win32 library be
removed, and presumably HGL too?  They can come back in 6.4.1 or as
Cabal packages.

Cheers,
        Simon