[GHC] #4251: GHC hangs during Network.HTTP.simpleHTTP on Windows XP SP3, Windows 7

[GHC]

#4251: GHC hangs during Network.HTTP.simpleHTTP on Windows XP SP3, Windows 7
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  Reporter:  balta2ar                     |          Owner:                  
      Type:  bug                          |         Status:  closed          
  Priority:  high                         |      Milestone:  Not GHC         
 Component:  libraries (other)            |        Version:  6.12.3          
Resolution:  invalid                      |       Keywords:  hang, simplehttp
  Testcase:                               |      Blockedby:                  
Difficulty:                               |             Os:  Unknown/Multiple
  Blocking:                               |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
   Failure:  Incorrect result at runtime  |  
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Changes (by ganesh):

 * cc: ganesh (added)


Comment:

 Does anyone have a way of reliably reproducing this? (i.e. one that works
 on all platforms)

 Sorry to keep abusing the GHC trac for this; I plan to set up a new one
 for HTTP but the community.haskell.org webserver is down at the moment.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/4251#comment:14>
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