patch applied (packages/base): __hscore_long_path_size is not portable beyond GHC

[Malcolm Wallace]

Ross Paterson <ross at soi.city.ac.uk> wrote:

> >   * __hscore_long_path_size is not portable beyond GHC
> 
> How so?  It's defined in HsBase.h (or PrelIOUtils.c).

I was going to ask "what is this HsBase.h of which you speak?"
But then I found it in packages/base/include.

However, it is not mentioned in System/Directory.hs, either as a
#include, or as a specifier on any FFI decl.  So how was I supposed to
know what header file to look for?

Even looking at HsBase.h, it appears to depend on other .h files which
do not exist (HsBaseConfig.h?).  I can only assume that the latter is
supposed to be created by some build system or other, but no-one has
ever taught the nhc98 build system to do so.

Regards,
    Malcolm