[GHC] #7971: doesDirectoryExist description differs from its behavior

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#7971: doesDirectoryExist description differs from its behavior
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Reporter:  dsf                          |          Owner:                     
    Type:  bug                          |         Status:  new                
Priority:  normal                       |      Component:  libraries/directory
 Version:  7.6.3                        |       Keywords:                     
      Os:  Unknown/Multiple             |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple   
 Failure:  Incorrect result at runtime  |      Blockedby:                     
Blocking:                               |        Related:                     
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Comment(by Fuuzetsu):

 Oops, just re-read your post.

 Creating a symlink to a directory with ‘ln -s’ and then using
 ‘doesDirectoryExist’ yields False.

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