[project @ 2003-06-24 08:03:15 by simonpj]

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diff --git a/ghc/compiler/main/SysTools.lhs b/ghc/compiler/main/SysTools.lhs
index d8eb0fe..6f73313 100644 (file)
--- a/ghc/compiler/main/SysTools.lhs
+++ b/ghc/compiler/main/SysTools.lhs
@@ -623,9 +623,11 @@ setTmpDir dir = writeIORef v_TmpDir (canonicalise dir)
 #if !defined(mingw32_HOST_OS)
      canonicalise p = normalisePath p
 #else
-       -- canonicalisation of temp path under win32 is a bit more
-       -- involved: strip trailing slash, deal with /cygdrive-paths,
-       -- normalise slashes.
+       -- Canonicalisation of temp path under win32 is a bit more
+       -- involved: (a) strip trailing slash, 
+       --           (b) normalise slashes
+       --           (c) just in case, if there is a prefix /cygdrive/x/, change to x:
+       -- 
      canonicalise path = normalisePath (xltCygdrive (removeTrailingSlash path))
 
         -- if we're operating under cygwin, and TMP/TEMP is of