GHC in a directory with spaces causes configure failure

[larsv]

I've attempted to build Gtk2Hs against the 2009.2.0 platform using the MinGW and MSYS versions recommended on the GHC wiki [2] with current autoconf/automake/libtool to be able to autoconf Gtk2Hs I run into an issue while configuring as the Platform installs into a folder with spaces (/c/Program Files (x86)/Haskell Platform/2009.2.0).

I'm unsure if the root cause is configure, Gtk2Hs or mingw, but it's most definitely due to there being spaces in the path. I assume there's a reason ghc usually installs to C:\ghc. This concern is lifted in ticket #6 by claus as well.

[1] -----8<----- checking for ghc... /c/Program Files (x86)/Haskell Platform/2009.2.0/ghc-6.10.2/bin/ghc ./configure: line 4749: test: too many arguments checking version of GHC... ./configure: line 4763: /c/Program: No such file or directory

configure: error: Gtj2Hs requires GHC 6.4 or later

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[2] http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building/Preparation/Windows

[refold]

IMO, this is a bug in Gtk2Hs's configure, though we can certainly change the default install path (again!).

[refold]

Fixed in the 2009.2.1 installer.

[anonymous]

I think we should stick with the nice standard path. The ghc build system has already been fixed and the gtk2hs one can be too. It only affects a few people and it's still perfectly possible for them to choose a dir with no spaces.

[refold]

OK, I've reverted this change.