#7604: System.Directory.canonicalizePath "" behaviour differs between platforms ------------------------------------+--------------------------------------- Reporter: igloo | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: libraries/directory | Version: 7.6.1 Keywords: | Os: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Failure: None/Unknown Difficulty: Unknown | Testcase: T4113 Blockedby: | Blocking: Related: | ------------------------------------+--------------------------------------- Description changed by igloo: Old description:

On Linux, `System.Directory.canonicalizePath ""` gives an exception. On OS X, it returns the current directory.

In a `System.Directory` function, we should consistently do one or the other.

New description: On Linux, `System.Directory.canonicalizePath ""` gives an exception. On i386 OS X, it returns the current directory. In a `System.Directory` function, we should consistently do one or the other. -- -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7604#comment:1> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler