#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 janm): Replying to [comment:8 pgj]:
Replying to [comment:5 janm]:
I am running a test build now but code inspection shows that the same race is present. I expect it to fail.
All right, excellent, thanks.
Interestingly enough it didn't fail. I suspect that it is because we have switch to pkg from the old-style packaging system on FreeBSD. We have local modifications to retry database access due to contention during package installation. This may be serialising execution of the Haskell installation processes. I will remove the JOBS limit in lang/ghc and rerun -- that should fail because there is no pkg database. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8591#comment:10 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler