GHCi cannot start if started in the standard library
directory.
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$ pwd
/usr/local/lib/ghc-5.00.2/imports/std
$ ghci
___ ___ _
/ _ \ /\ /\/ __(_)
/ /_\// /_/ / / | | GHC Interactive, version
5.00.2, For Haskell 98.
/ /_\\/ __ / /___| | http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
\____/\/ /_/\____/|_| Type :? for help.
Loading package std ... linking ... done.
<no file>:0:
failed to load interface for `IO': Module `IO' is
not loaded
<no file>:0: Variable not in scope: `IO.hFlush'
<no file>:0:
failed to load interface for `PrelHandle':
Module `PrelHandle' is not loaded
<no file>:0: Variable not in scope: `PrelHandle.stderr'
ghc-5.00.2: panic! (the `impossible' happened, GHC
version 5.00.2):
interactiveUI:stderr
Please report it as a compiler bug to
glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org,
or http://sourceforge.net/projects/ghc/.
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It does work in any other directory.
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Fixed in 5.02.