#4266: ghci can't find ghc.exe on Windows 7 if the path contains spaces
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Reporter: refold | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Component: GHCi
Version: 6.12.3 | Keywords:
Testcase: | Blockedby:
Os: Windows | Blocking:
Architecture: x86_64 (amd64) | Failure: GHCi crash
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This was first reported on the [http://trac.haskell.org/haskell-
platform/ticket/136 Haskell Platform trac]. Platform installer puts
binaries in `$PROGRAMFILES\Haskell Platform\$PLATFORMVERSION\bin`, and
this causes ghci to fail on Windows 7 (but not XP!) with 'Unable to locate
ghc.exe' when run from the command line. Installing HP to `C:\hp2010`
fixes the issue.
Looking at ghci.c, this is caused either by a call to `SearchPath`, or a
call to `GetShortPathName`. The latter looks more suspect. I don't have
access to a Windows 7 machine currently, so I can't fix this myself.
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/4266>
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