Re: [GHC] #8741: `System.Directory.getPermissions` fails on read-only filesystem

22 Mar 2014

      #8741: `System.Directory.getPermissions` fails on read-only filesystem
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        Reporter:  hvr               |            Owner:  AlainODea
            Type:  bug               |           Status:  closed
        Priority:  high              |        Milestone:  7.8.1
       Component:  libraries/unix    |          Version:  7.8.1-rc1
      Resolution:  fixed             |         Keywords:
Operating System:  POSIX             |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  Incorrect result  |       Difficulty:  Easy (less than 1
  at runtime                         |  hour)
       Test Case:                    |       Blocked By:
        Blocking:                    |  Related Tickets:
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Comment (by Austin Seipp ):

 In [changeset:"444750d2e5c6b843b937cbe876ce248e76a2a245/unix"]:
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 #!CommitTicketReference repository="unix"
 revision="444750d2e5c6b843b937cbe876ce248e76a2a245"
 Handle EROFS/ETXTBSY as permission denied in `fileAccess` (re #8741)

 This extends `System.Posix.Files.`access` to map EROFS & ETXTBSY to
 mean permission denied just like EACCESS.

 Based on a patch by Alain O'Dea and comments by Duncan Coutts

 Authored-by: Alain O'Dea 
 Signed-off-by: Herbert Valerio Riedel 

 (cherry picked from commit ecc92abad017cf12d8eb83509d4d57ae14ad47f9)
 }}}

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