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GHC_PACKAGE_PATH and $topdir bug

In ghc-pkg $topdir is replaced according to path to package that is considered global - the last on in GHC_PACKAGE_PATH (if it doesn't contain trailing ';')

Following shows how (head, 1.1.7) Cabal's haddock-command gets broken.

C:\Users\eivuokko>copy con temp.conf
[]
^Z
        1 file(s) copied.

C:\Users\eivuokko>set GHC_PACKAGE_PATH=c:\tools\ghc\ghc-6.6.1\package.conf;c:\Us
ers\eivuokko\temp.conf

C:\Users\eivuokko>ghc-pkg field base haddock-interfaces
haddock-interfaces: c:\Users\eivuokko\html\libraries\base\base.haddock

C:\Users\eivuokko>set GHC_PACKAGE_PATH=

C:\Users\eivuokko>ghc-pkg field base haddock-interfaces
haddock-interfaces: C:/tools/ghc/ghc-6.6.1\html\libraries\base\base.haddock

C:\Users\eivuokko>
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Trac field Value
Version 6.6.1
Type Bug
TypeOfFailure OtherFailure
Priority normal
Resolution Unresolved
Component Compiler
Test case
Differential revisions
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CC eivuokko
Operating system Unknown
Architecture Unknown
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