[project @ 2003-06-13 06:22:23 by simonpj]

[ghc-hetmet.git] / ghc / compiler / main / SysTools.lhs

diff --git a/ghc/compiler/main/SysTools.lhs b/ghc/compiler/main/SysTools.lhs
index a2f0d1d..f9138cd 100644 (file)
--- a/ghc/compiler/main/SysTools.lhs
+++ b/ghc/compiler/main/SysTools.lhs
@@ -754,7 +754,10 @@ foreign import ccall unsafe "rawSystem"
 -- a single string.  Command-line parsing is done by the executable
 -- itself.
 rawSystem cmd args = do
-  let cmdline = translate cmd ++ concat (map ((' ':) . translate) args)
+  let cmdline = {-translate-} cmd ++ concat (map ((' ':) . translate) args)
+       -- Urk, don't quote/escape the command name on Windows, because the
+       -- compiler is exceedingly naughty and sometimes uses 'perl "..."' 
+       -- as the command name.
   withCString cmdline $ \pcmdline -> do
     status <- throwErrnoIfMinus1 "rawSystem" (c_rawSystem pcmdline)
     case status of