[GHC] #1874: getDirectoryContents yields "invalid argument" instead of "permission error"

[GHC]

#1874: getDirectoryContents yields "invalid argument" instead of "permission
error"
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  Reporter:  Orphi                                                 |           Type:  bug                
    Status:  new                                                   |       Priority:  normal             
 Milestone:  _|_                                                   |      Component:  libraries/directory
   Version:  6.8.1                                                 |       Keywords:                     
Difficulty:  Moderate (less than a day)                            |             Os:  Windows            
  Testcase:  getDirectoryContents "C:\\System Volume Information"  |   Architecture:  x86                
   Failure:  None/Unknown                                          |  
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Changes (by igloo):

  * priority:  low => normal
  * failure:  => None/Unknown
  * milestone:  6.12.3 => _|_


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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1874#comment:13>
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