#10986: GHC should delete all temporary files it creates in /tmp -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: erikd | Owner: Type: feature request | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 8.0.1 Component: Compiler | Version: 7.11 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by rwbarton): I found one cause of leaked `ghc*_*` directories from the test suite: `WAY=ghci` tests where executing `main` raises an exception. `WAY=ghci` tests are run with ghci input like {{{ :set prog cgrun016 :set args :! echo ===== program output begins here :! echo 1>&2 ===== program output begins here System.IO.hSetBuffering System.IO.stdout System.IO.LineBuffering GHC.TopHandler.runIOFastExit Main.main Prelude.>> Prelude.return () }}} If its argument (`Main.main`) raises an exception, `runIOFastExit` calls `shutdownHaskellAndExit()` with `fastExit=1`, which just calls `exit()`. So, GHC has no chance to clean up. This seems like more of a testsuite issue than a GHC issue. I'll let the testsuite finish to see if there are any more cases where it leaves behind a `ghc*_*` directory. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10986#comment:14 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler