Trailing colon on GHC_PACKAGE_PATH doesn't work with ghc-pkg.
According to section 5.8.4.1 of the ''Users' Guide'', appending a colon to GHC_PACKAGE_PATH should include the system libraries, and this can be verified with ghc-pkg. While the colon does appear to work for ghci (as verified with -v), it does not appear to work for ghc-pkg.
$ echo '[]' > temp.conf
$ export GHC_PACKAGE_PATH=`pwd`/temp.conf:
ghc-pkg list
/home/cjs/temp.conf:
$ Trac metadata
| Trac field | Value |
|---|---|
| Version | 6.8.3 |
| Type | Bug |
| TypeOfFailure | OtherFailure |
| Priority | normal |
| Resolution | Unresolved |
| Component | Compiler |
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| Operating system | Multiple |
| Architecture | Unknown |