[GHC] #6133: bad error message when incorrect format package db is supplied

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#6133: bad error message when incorrect format package db is supplied
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    Reporter:  gfxmonk           |       Owner:  pcapriotti        
        Type:  bug               |      Status:  new               
    Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:                    
   Component:  ghc-pkg           |     Version:  7.0.4             
    Keywords:                    |          Os:  Unknown/Multiple  
Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple  |     Failure:  Compile-time crash
  Difficulty:  Unknown           |    Testcase:                    
   Blockedby:                    |    Blocking:                    
     Related:                    |  
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Comment(by p.capriotti@…):

 commit 50fddb2b046605315f903d9b744780497cc978de
 {{{
 Author: Paolo Capriotti <p.capriotti at gmail.com>
 Date:   Mon Jun 4 11:59:25 2012 +0100

     Improve error message for invalid package db file (#6133).

     Use `reads` instead of `read` to parse package configuration files,
 and
     report a meaningful error when the parsing fails.

  compiler/main/Packages.lhs |    7 ++++++-
  1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
 }}}

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