Build faliing on Windows

[Simon Peyton-Jones]

Argh!  Again!  The Windows build is failing.  Here's the error:

libraries\base\System\Posix\Types.hs:179:23:
    Not in scope: type constructor or class `CMode'
make[1]: *** [libraries/base/dist-install/build/System/Posix/Types.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....

Indeed base/includes/HsBaseConfig.h says

/* Define to Haskell type for mode_t */
/* #undef HTYPE_MODE_T */

which means CMode doesn't get defined.

The config.log file looks suspicious, note the line in red.

I'm stuck

Simon

configure:13967: checking Haskell type for mode_t
configure:13974: c:/code/HEAD/inplace/mingw/bin/gcc.exe -o conftest.exe -Wall -fno-stack-protector         -Wl,--hash-size=31 -Wl,--reduce-memory-overheads   conftest.c  >&5
configure:13974: $? = 0
configure:13974: ./conftest.exe
configure:13974: $? = 0
configure:14230: c:/code/HEAD/inplace/mingw/bin/gcc.exe -o conftest.exe -Wall -fno-stack-protector         -Wl,--hash-size=31 -Wl,--reduce-memory-overheads   conftest.c  >&5
c:/code/HEAD/inplace/mingw/bin/ld.exe: cannot open output file conftest.exe: Permission denied
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
configure:14230: $? = 1
configure: program exited with status 1
configure: failed program was:
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