[GHC] #3808: piping binary files sometimes fail

[GHC]

#3808: piping  binary files sometimes fail
----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
  Reporter:  paolino        |          Owner:  simonmar      
      Type:  bug            |         Status:  merge         
  Priority:  high           |      Milestone:  6.12.3        
 Component:  Compiler       |        Version:  6.12.2        
Resolution:                 |       Keywords:  pipe binary IO
Difficulty:                 |             Os:  Linux         
  Testcase:                 |   Architecture:  x86_64 (amd64)
   Failure:  Runtime crash  |  
----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------

Comment(by simonmar):

 btw, after merging please leave this ticket open against 6.14.1, as we
 need to re-implement bytstring's `hGetContents` in terms of
 `System.IO.hGetBufSome`.

-- 
Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/3808#comment:16>
GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/>
The Glasgow Haskell Compiler