HGL library do not compile

[rgarciapariente]

if you try to compile HGL-3.2.0.0 in ghc 6.8.2 on Windows:

C:\ghc\HGL-3.2.0.0>runghc Setup.hs configure
Configuring HGL-3.2.0.0...

C:\ghc\HGL-3.2.0.0>runghc Setup.hs build
Preprocessing library HGL-3.2.0.0...
Building HGL-3.2.0.0...

Graphics/HGL/Key.hs:57:7:
    Could not find module `Graphics.Win32':
      it is a member of package Win32-2.1.1.0, which is hidden

But:

C:\ghc\HGL-3.2.0.0>ghc-pkg list
C:/ghc/ghc-6.8.2\package.conf:
    Cabal-1.2.3.0, GLUT-2.1.1.1, HUnit-1.2.0.0, OpenGL-2.2.1.1,
    QuickCheck-1.1.0.0, Win32-2.1.1.0, array-0.1.0.0, base-3.0.1.0,
    bytestring-0.9.0.1, cgi-3001.1.5.1, containers-0.1.0.1,
    directory-1.0.0.0, fgl-5.4.1.1, filepath-1.1.0.0, (ghc-6.8.2),
    haskell-src-1.0.1.1, haskell98-1.0.1.0, hpc-0.5.0.0, html-1.0.1.1,
    mtl-1.1.0.0, network-2.1.0.0, old-locale-1.0.0.0, old-time-1.0.0.0,
    packedstring-0.1.0.0, parallel-1.0.0.0, parsec-2.1.0.0,
    pretty-1.0.0.0, process-1.0.0.0, random-1.0.0.0,
    regex-base-0.72.0.1, regex-compat-0.71.0.1, regex-posix-0.72.0.2,
    rts-1.0, stm-2.1.1.0, template-haskell-2.2.0.0, time-1.1.2.0,
    xhtml-3000.0.2.1

[igloo]

When it was a GHC extralib we didn't try to build it on Windows, so I think it's known that it doesn't work. HGL could do with a maintainer if it's still useful.

[duncan]

The only interesting package that depended on HGL was the SOE library and there are now two implementations of SOE that use things other than HGL.

[igloo]

No longer an extralib, so closing the bug