[GHC] #8981: ghc-pkg complains about missing haddock interface files

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#8981: ghc-pkg complains about missing haddock interface files
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       Reporter:          |             Owner:
  thoughtpolice           |            Status:  new
           Type:  bug     |         Milestone:  7.8.2
       Priority:  normal  |           Version:  7.8.1
      Component:          |  Operating System:  MacOS X
  Compiler                |   Type of failure:  Incorrect result at runtime
       Keywords:  ghc-    |         Test Case:
  pkg                     |          Blocking:
   Architecture:  x86_64  |
  (amd64)                 |
     Difficulty:          |
  Unknown                 |
     Blocked By:          |
Related Tickets:          |
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 As Conal reported on the mailing list[1], `ghc-pkg check` on Mavericks
 allegedly returns:

 {{{

 bash-3.2$ ghc-pkg check
     Warning: haddock-interfaces: /Users/conal/.cabal/share/doc/x86_64-osx-
 ghc-7.8.1/uniplate-1.6.12/html/uniplate.haddock doesn't exist or isn't a
 file
     Warning: haddock-interfaces: /Users/conal/.cabal/share/doc/x86_64-osx-
 ghc-7.8.1/polyparse-1.9/html/polyparse.haddock doesn't exist or isn't a
 file
     Warning: haddock-interfaces: /Users/conal/.cabal/share/doc/x86_64-osx-
 ghc-7.8.1/ghc-syb-utils-0.2.1.2/html/ghc-syb-utils.haddock doesn't exist
 or isn't a file
     Warning: haddock-interfaces: /Users/conal/.cabal/share/doc/x86_64-osx-
 ghc-7.8.1/constraints-0.3.5/html/constraints.haddock doesn't exist or
 isn't a file
     Warning: haddock-html: /Users/conal/.cabal/share/doc/x86_64-osx-
 ghc-7.8.1/constraints-0.3.5/html doesn't exist or isn't a directory
     Warning: haddock-interfaces: /Users/conal/.cabal/share/doc/x86_64-osx-
 ghc-7.8.1/newtype-0.2/html/newtype.haddock doesn't exist or isn't a file
     Warning: haddock-html: /Users/conal/.cabal/share/doc/x86_64-osx-
 ghc-7.8.1/newtype-0.2/html doesn't exist or isn't a directory

 }}}

 It's not fatal, but makes the output much more annoying. I figured this
 would have been caught by validate or somesuch, but apparently not.

 Marking for 7.8.2. I'm looking into this soon.

 [1]http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/glasgow-haskell-
 users/2014-April/024846.html

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