can't validate on Linux

[Ben Gamari]

Richard Eisenberg <rae at cs.brynmawr.edu> writes:

> Hi devs,
>
> When I try validating my patch, validation fails with
>
>> ...
>> Registering library for ghc-prim-0.5.0.0..
>> ghc-cabal: '/home/rae/ghc/ghc-valid/bindisttest/install
>> dir/lib/ghc-8.3.20170312/bin/ghc-pkg' exited with an error:
>> ghc-pkg: Couldn't open database /home/rae/ghc/ghc-valid/bindisttest/install
>> dir/lib/ghc-8.3.20170312/package.conf.d for modification: {handle:
>> /home/rae/ghc/ghc-valid/bindisttest/install
>> dir/lib/ghc-8.3.20170312/package.conf.d/package.cache.lock}: hLock: invalid
>> argument (Bad file descriptor)
>> make[3]: *** [ghc.mk:990: install_packages] Error 1
>> make[2]: *** [Makefile:51: install] Error 2
>> make[1]: *** [bindisttest/ghc.mk:33: test_bindist] Error 2
>> make: *** [Makefile:127: test_bindist] Error 2
>
This is when I typically `make distclean`. That being said, this does
look a bit suspicious. Let me know if cleaning doesn't help.

Cheers,

- Ben
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