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GHCi cannot start
``` GHCi cannot start if started in the standard library directory. ========================================= $ 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/. ================================================= It does work in any other directory. ``` <details><summary>Trac metadata</summary> | Trac field | Value | | ---------------------- | ------------- | | Version | 5.0 | | Type | Bug | | TypeOfFailure | OtherFailure | | Priority | normal | | Resolution | ResolvedFixed | | Component | Compiler | | Test case | | | Differential revisions | | | BlockedBy | | | Related | | | Blocking | | | CC | | | Operating system | | | Architecture | | </details> <!-- {"blocked_by":[],"summary":"GHCi cannot start","status":"New","operating_system":"","component":"Compiler","related":[],"milestone":"","resolution":"ResolvedFixed","owner":{"tag":"OwnedBy","contents":"nobody"},"version":"5.0","keywords":[],"differentials":[],"test_case":"","architecture":"","cc":[""],"type":"Bug","description":"{{{\nGHCi cannot start if started in the standard library\ndirectory.\n\n=========================================\n\n$ pwd\n/usr/local/lib/ghc-5.00.2/imports/std \n\n$ ghci\n___ ___ _\n / _ \\ /\\ /\\/ __(_)\n / /_\\// /_/ / / | | GHC Interactive, version\n5.00.2, For Haskell 98.\n/ /_\\\\/ __ / /___| | http://www.haskell.org/ghc/\n\\____/\\/ /_/\\____/|_| Type :? for help.\n\nLoading package std ... linking ... done.\n\n<no file>:0:\n failed to load interface for `IO': Module `IO' is\nnot loaded\n\n<no file>:0: Variable not in scope: `IO.hFlush'\n\n<no file>:0:\n failed to load interface for `PrelHandle':\n Module `PrelHandle' is not loaded\n\n<no file>:0: Variable not in scope: `PrelHandle.stderr'\nghc-5.00.2: panic! (the `impossible' happened, GHC\nversion 5.00.2):\n interactiveUI:stderr\n\nPlease report it as a compiler bug to\nglasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org,\nor http://sourceforge.net/projects/ghc/.\n\n\n=================================================\n\nIt does work in any other directory.\n}}}","type_of_failure":"OtherFailure","blocking":[]} -->
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