[GHC] #4248: Poor error message when openFile fails to open named pipe

[GHC]

#4248: Poor error message when openFile fails to open named pipe
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  Reporter:  Khudyakov       |          Owner:                  
      Type:  bug             |         Status:  closed          
  Priority:  normal          |      Milestone:  7.2.1           
 Component:  libraries/base  |        Version:  6.12.3          
Resolution:  fixed           |       Keywords:                  
  Testcase:                  |      Blockedby:                  
Difficulty:                  |             Os:  Unknown/Multiple
  Blocking:                  |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
   Failure:  None/Unknown    |  
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Changes (by simonmar):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => fixed


Comment:

 I added an API that you can use to open a file in blocking mode if you
 want:

 {{{
 Tue Mar 29 14:09:28 BST 2011  Simon Marlow <marlowsd at gmail.com>
   * Add GHC.IO.Handle.FD.openFileBlocking (#4248)
   like openFile, but opens the file without O_NONBLOCK
 }}}

 It's in a GHC-specific module, because this is a GHC-specific issue.  You
 could also use `System.Posix.openFD` and then `System.Posix.fdToHandle`,
 which is more portable.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/4248#comment:6>
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