[GHC] #1992: 6.8.2 intermittent build failure on multiple OS X versions

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#1992: 6.8.2 intermittent build failure on multiple OS X versions
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 Reporter:  guest     |          Owner:          
     Type:  bug       |         Status:  new     
 Priority:  normal    |      Milestone:          
Component:  Compiler  |        Version:  6.8.2   
 Severity:  normal    |     Resolution:          
 Keywords:            |     Difficulty:  Unknown 
 Testcase:            |   Architecture:  Multiple
       Os:  MacOS X   |  
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Comment (by gw):

 My earlier guess about this being a race condition might be wrong.  I see
 now that file
 locking was rewritten for 6.8. Could just be an error in the code.  I'll
 print the
 details from lockFile and unlockFile and see if that leads anywhere.

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