[ ghc-Bugs-1206426 ] SHGetFolderPath link error

Bugs item #1206426, was opened at 2005-05-21 23:43
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Category: Build System
Group: 6.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: SHGetFolderPath link error

Initial Comment:
Vivian McPhail

On Win9x with GHC 6.4.1

Attempting to compile Cabal

setup.exe is linked to missing export
SHELL32.DLL:SHGetFolderPathA

There is a dll named ShFolder.dll which can be
downloaded from microsoft to provide this function.  I
note that libshfolder.a is also to be found in
$GHC/gcc-lib directory.

I have (manually) added "ShFolder" to extraLibraries of
Cabal in package.conf, which fixed the problem when
running GHCi.

However, when running the Cabal package setup.exe the
above error (in a dialog box) occurs.

I ran ghc with -v to see the libraries linked against,
and they included -lshfolder.

I cannot figure out what is going wrong here.  Does
shell32 say it exports the function and thus prevent
ShFolder from providing it?

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