[GHC] #1963: Pressing ^C at the right moment can trash GHC's package list

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#1963: Pressing ^C at the right moment can trash GHC's package list
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    Reporter:  igloo     |       Owner:         
        Type:  bug       |      Status:  new    
    Priority:  normal    |   Milestone:  6.8.3  
   Component:  Compiler  |     Version:  6.8.1  
    Severity:  normal    |    Keywords:         
  Difficulty:  Unknown   |    Testcase:         
Architecture:  Unknown   |          Os:  Unknown
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 In
 http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/libraries/2007-December/008727.html
 Peter Gammie says
 {{{
 To my surprise, if you type ^C at the right moment you can trash GHC's
 (system-wide) package list.
 }}}
 I'm not sure if this is in ghc-pkg or ghc, but we should check that this
 can't happen with either program.

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