add script for building the Windows dist

Author: Simon Marlow

build-windows-dist.sh

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+# mini script for building the relocatable Windows binary distribution.
+#
+#    sh build-windows-dist.sh
+#
+# NB. the Cabal that shipped with GHC 6.6 isn't enough for this, because it
+# is missing this patch:
+# 
+# Fri Oct 13 11:09:41 BST 2006  Simon Marlow <simonmar@microsoft.com>
+#   * Fix getDataDir etc. when bindir=$prefix
+#
+# So you need to use a more recent Cabal.  GHC 6.6 is fine for building the
+# package, though.
+
+ghc --make Setup
+./Setup configure --prefix=`pwd`/install --bindir='$prefix' --libdir='$prefix' --datadir='$prefix'
+./Setup build
+./Setup install
+echo Now zip up `pwd`/install as "alex-<version>-Win32.zip"