-- get the location of the user package database, and create it if necessary
-- getAppUserDataDirectory can fail (e.g. if $HOME isn't set)
- e_appdir <- try $ getAppUserDataDirectory "ghc"
+ e_appdir <- tryIO $ getAppUserDataDirectory "ghc"
mb_user_conf <-
if no_user_db then return Nothing else
modify || user_exists = [user_conf, global_conf]
| otherwise = [global_conf]
- e_pkg_path <- try (System.Environment.getEnv "GHC_PACKAGE_PATH")
+ e_pkg_path <- tryIO (System.Environment.getEnv "GHC_PACKAGE_PATH")
let env_stack =
case e_pkg_path of
Left _ -> sys_databases
| Just (user_conf,False) <- mb_user_conf, path == user_conf
= return PackageDB { location = path, packages = [] }
| otherwise
- = do e <- try $ getDirectoryContents path
+ = do e <- tryIO $ getDirectoryContents path
case e of
Left _ -> do
pkgs <- parseMultiPackageConf verbosity path
| otherwise -> do
let cache = path </> cachefilename
tdir <- getModificationTime path
- e_tcache <- try $ getModificationTime cache
+ e_tcache <- tryIO $ getModificationTime cache
case e_tcache of
Left ex -> do
when (verbosity > Normal) $
catchError io handler = io `Exception.catch` handler'
where handler' (Exception.ErrorCall err) = handler err
+tryIO :: IO a -> IO (Either Exception.IOException a)
+tryIO = Exception.try
writeBinaryFileAtomic :: Bin.Binary a => FilePath -> a -> IO ()
writeBinaryFileAtomic targetFile obj =