179561 – GHCi segfaults when calling 'getEnvironment'

Bug 179561 - GHCi segfaults when calling 'getEnvironment'

Summary: GHCi segfaults when calling 'getEnvironment'

Status:	VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 179558

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Development (show other bugs)
Hardware:	AMD64 Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers

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Reported:	2007-05-23 18:28 UTC by gustavderdrache
Modified:	2007-05-23 18:29 UTC (History)
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Description gustavderdrache 2007-05-23 18:28:24 UTC

When using ghci to load the System.Environment module and subsequently calling "getEnvironment" at the command line, ghci segfaults.  Other functions in the module work correctly, but calling "getEnvironment" at any time will cause it to crash.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start ghci
2. Enter ":m System.Environment"
3. Enter "getEnvironment"

Actual Results:  
ghci segfaults

Expected Results:  
The special variable "it" in ghci's environment should be updated with the return value of getEnvironment (something like the following: [("DISPLAY", ":0.0"), ("SHELL", "/bin/bash")] )

The presence of other modules does not affect this bug; modules may be loaded before and after (or both) without altering its behavior.

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-05-23 18:29:41 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 179558 ***