[GHC] #6136: gettimeofday should not be used to schedule timeouts

[GHC]

#6136: gettimeofday should not be used to schedule timeouts
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  Reporter:  DanielWaterworth  |          Owner:                  
      Type:  bug               |         Status:  closed          
  Priority:  normal            |      Milestone:  7.6.1           
 Component:  libraries/base    |        Version:  7.4.1           
Resolution:  duplicate         |       Keywords:                  
        Os:  Unknown/Multiple  |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
   Failure:  None/Unknown      |     Difficulty:  Unknown         
  Testcase:                    |      Blockedby:                  
  Blocking:                    |        Related:  #5865           
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Changes (by pcapriotti):

  * status:  new => closed
  * difficulty:  => Unknown
  * resolution:  => duplicate
  * related:  => #5865
  * milestone:  => 7.6.1


Comment:

 Thanks for the report.

 We already switched to monotonic timers in HEAD. See #5865.

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