#8591: Concurrent executions of ghc-pkg can cause inconstant package.cache files -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: janm | Owner: pgj Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Package | Version: 7.6.3 system | Keywords: ghc-pkg race Resolution: | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple Operating System: FreeBSD | Difficulty: Unknown Type of failure: Other | Blocked By: Test Case: | Related Tickets: Blocking: | Differential Revisions: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by pgj): Replying to [comment:6 thomie]:
Not reading this thread closely, but since there's also a comment that says "copied from Cabal's Distribution.Simple.Utils", there might be a function in there now that does exactly what you need:
https://github.com/haskell/cabal/blob/master/Cabal/Distribution/Simple/Utils... Yeah, I know that -- this is the issue that also causes me headaches on my Windows builders recently. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8591#comment:9 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler