Re: cc1plus.exe not included in Win32 distro

It was intentionally removed (the intention being to remove
heft from the installer) after it had been unintentionally
included for quite a while.

The rule has always been that only tools that GHC depends
upon to operate are bundled with it on the mingw side --
the only exception to that rule has been the recent inclusion
of 'ar'.

Should GHC binary dists include a C++ compiler? I'd say
no, but if there are practical and compelling reasons to do
so, it's no big deal to re-include the binary.

--sigbjorn

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bulat Ziganshin" <bulatz@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <glasgow-haskell-bugs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 10:49
Subject: cc1plus.exe not included in Win32 distro


> Hello all,
>
> the official Win32 distro
> (http://www.haskell.org/ghc/dist/6.4.1/ghc-6-4-1.msi)
>
> does not contain cc1plus.exe, needed to compile CPP files:
>
> C:\FreeArchiver> ghc a.cpp
> gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `cc1plus': No such file or 
> directory
>
> is this a packaging bug or intentional change?
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Bulat                            mailto:bulatz@xxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
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