[GHC] #8248: GHCi should not fail to honour ghci.conf or .ghci if group writable

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#8248: GHCi should not fail to honour ghci.conf or .ghci if group writable
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              Reporter:  afcowie     |            Owner:
                  Type:  bug         |           Status:  new
              Priority:  normal      |        Milestone:
             Component:  GHCi        |          Version:  7.6.3
            Resolution:              |         Keywords:
      Operating System:  Linux       |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
       Type of failure:  GHC         |       Difficulty:  Unknown
  rejects valid program              |       Blocked By:
             Test Case:              |  Related Tickets:  #9324
              Blocking:              |
Differential Revisions:              |
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Comment (by thomie):

 > Perhaps just improve the warning message to explain to the user exactly
 what is making GHCi unhappy and how to fix it?

 Improving the current warning is certainly a good idea.

 For a discussion to make reading of .ghci files even stricter, see #6017.

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