installing hsdev fails: strip.exe: File exists
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Description
It creates executables in \AppData\Roaming\cabal\bin and then strip.exe often fails (but not always) with `File exists` error:
```
Installing library in
C:\Users\voide\AppData\Roaming\cabal\i386-windows-ghc-7.10.3\hsdev-0.1.5.5-6ru4Wp2Xjfd5WeK2d1GhPK
Installing executable(s) in C:\Users\voide\AppData\Roaming\cabal\bin
D:\Programs\ghc\ghc-7.10.3\mingw\bin\strip.exe: невозможно переименовать (can't rename) C:\Users\voide\AppData\Roaming\cabal\bin\hscabal.exe; причина (reason): File exists
Preprocessing executable 'hshayoo' for hsdev-0.1.5.5...
Preprocessing executable 'hsautofix' for hsdev-0.1.5.5...
```
cabal version:
```
cabal-install version 1.22.7.0
using version 1.22.5.0 of the Cabal library
```
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the hsdev installation on Windows with cabal-install 1.22.7.0, Cabal 1.22.5.0, and GHC 7.10.3, focusing on the executable installation and strip.exe step in cabal\bin. Done means the installation completes without the “File exists” rename failure; the issue does not name a source file or test.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- haskell
- Domain
- build-system, cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100