getDirectoryContents: failed (No error)

[Simon Marlow]

Martin Boeker wrote:

> this error has been reported before and was fixed in ghc 6.4.1 but has 
> been revived in ghc 6.4.2:
> 
> test3.exe: .: getDirectoryContents: failed (No error)
> 
> module Main where
> 
> import System.Directory
> 
> main =    do s <- getDirectoryContents "."
>            putStr (concat s)
> 
> This works fine for ghc 6.4.1 bld1. The error is encountered in 6.4.2 
> snapshots from Feb. 25 and newer (elder ones have not tested), and the 
> same snapshots with the MinGW files from afore mentioned ghc 6.4.1 (it's 
> not the MinGW).
> 
> My system is: Cygwin (WinXP) and ghc 6.4.1 bld1 or 6.4.2 (Cajal works 
> better).

Thanks; I've made a ticket for this:

   http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/712

Sigbjorn: do you think this is the same problem as before?  (see
http://www.haskell.org//pipermail/glasgow-haskell-bugs/2005-July/005338.html)

Cheers,
	Simon