#7482: GHC.Event overwrites main IO managers hooks to RTS -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: | Owner: AndreasVoellmy AndreasVoellmy | Status: closed Type: bug | Milestone: 7.8.1 Priority: normal | Version: 7.4.1 Component: | Keywords: IO Manager, RTS libraries/base | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple Resolution: wontfix | Difficulty: Unknown Operating System: | Blocked By: Unknown/Multiple | Related Tickets: Type of failure: | None/Unknown | Test Case: | Blocking: | Differential Revisions: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Changes (by thomie): * cc: hvr, ekmett (added) Comment: Commit 2e86f4f609670a3d3ed05cedcf583326af670d9b: {{{ Author: Andreas Voellmy <> Date: Wed Dec 19 21:59:00 2012 -0500 Resolve issue #7482 by removing the ability to create a new event manager. A search of hackage showed that all packages that use this module (which is considered private to GHC) do not use the 'new' function. }}} Commit 8db9ad88a983f104d2a5c9706b1fd61250bd7aae: {{{ Author: Andreas Voellmy <> Date: Fri Dec 21 14:27:10 2012 -0500 Manager takes a flag that indicates whether it should de-register a file registration once it has received a callback. Previously, GHC.Event.Thread.threadWait calls unregister on the file in the callback. With this flag on, the manager now performs the deregistration so th }}} -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7482#comment:7 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler