[GHC] #2883: setitimer(ITIMER_VIRTUAL) is not always available

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#2883: setitimer(ITIMER_VIRTUAL) is not always available
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Reporter:  sthibaul          |          Owner:                  
    Type:  bug               |         Status:  new             
Priority:  normal            |      Component:  Compiler        
 Version:  6.8.2             |       Severity:  normal          
Keywords:                    |       Testcase:                  
      Os:  Unknown/Multiple  |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
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 On some limited systems, setitimer(ITIMER_VIRTUAL) returns ENOSYS
 because the kernel does not provide a way to schedule timers based on
 virtual time. In such a case, rts/posix/Itimer.c should use
 ITIMER_REAL.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2883>
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