[GHC] #942: Windows programs throw uncaught Invalid HANDLE exception on exit

[Sigbjorn Finne]

[Due to a somewhat inconvenient HD meltdown some weeks ago, I lost a bunch
of data/user settings amongst other things, including the password to 
GHC's Trac,
hence this lame response directly to the mailing list]

I fixed this one a week or two ago on the 6.6 branch --

    http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/cvs-ghc/2006-October/032154.html

Have not had the time&space to drag it over to HEAD since then.

hth
--sigbjorn

GHC wrote:
> #942: Windows programs throw uncaught Invalid HANDLE exception on exit
> --------------------------------------------+-------------------------------
>  Reporter:  brianh at metamilk.com             |          Owner:         
>      Type:  bug                             |         Status:  new    
>  Priority:  normal                          |      Milestone:  6.6.1  
> Component:  Runtime System                  |        Version:  6.6    
>  Severity:  major                           |     Resolution:         
>  Keywords:  uncaught exception HANDLE exit  |     Difficulty:  Unknown
>  Testcase:  N/A                             |   Architecture:  x86    
>        Os:  Windows                         |  
> --------------------------------------------+-------------------------------
> Changes (by brianh at metamilk.com):
>
>   * severity:  normal => major
>
> Comment:
>
>  I've changed the severity to major because I feel this bug prevents me
>  distributing any binaries compiled under ghc6.6 for Windows, since whether
>  or not the bug is "visible" (ie if you choose to run the binary under a
>  debugger), obviously something is very wrong indeed with the runtime or
>  else it wouldn't be trying to use an invalid handle (or cause one of the
>  windows DLLs to do so) at program exit.
>
>   
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