[GHC] #13945: 'ghc-pkg update' fails due to bad file descriptor error

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#13945: 'ghc-pkg update' fails due to bad file descriptor error
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        Reporter:  mpickering    |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug           |               Status:  infoneeded
        Priority:  high          |            Milestone:  8.2.2
       Component:  Compiler      |              Version:  8.2.1-rc3
      Resolution:                |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Linux         |         Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown  |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                |             Blocking:
 Related Tickets:                |  Differential Rev(s):  Phab:D3897
       Wiki Page:                |
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Comment (by j.waldmann):

 Slightly tangential, but -

 This issue prevents me from installing ghc (8.2.1) on that specific
 machine (which I need for lab classes) as it appears both after building
 from source, and when installing a binary distribution.

 Is there a work-around? Like, configure with the correct prefix, but then
 fool
 "make install" to use some other prefix (in the local file system), then
 "cp -rvp" manually to the correct (NFS-mounted) location? (Well, running
 "make install" in a chroot could probably help.)

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