[Haskell-cafe] network-2.3.0.10 compiled for ghc 7.4.1 windows

[Chris Wong]

Hello Matias

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Matias Hernandez <mhernand at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Alberto.
>
> Do we need cygwin to install your compiled package?

I don't believe you do. If memory doesn't fail me, the Haskell
Platform includes a compiler (MinGW), but not a shell (MSYS).

This page explains all: http://trac.haskell.org/haskell-platform/ticket/165

Chris

> I thought not (I'm not very versed on this) but when I tried "cabal install network" after
> extracting it I got:
>
> Configuring network-2.3.0.11...
> cabal: The package has a './configure' script. This requires a Unix
> compatibility toolchain such as MinGW+MSYS or Cygwin.
> cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
> network-2.3.0.11 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
> ExitFailure 1
>
> Best regards, and thanks for any help!
> - Matias
>
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