[GHC] #2848: threadDelay can wait forever, next time on January 22, 2009, around 20:00 UTC.

[GHC]

#2848: threadDelay can wait forever, next time on January 22, 2009, around 20:00
UTC.
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    Reporter:  tomekz                                          |        Owner:         
        Type:  bug                                             |       Status:  new    
    Priority:  normal                                          |    Milestone:         
   Component:  Runtime System                                  |      Version:  6.8.1  
    Severity:  critical                                        |   Resolution:         
    Keywords:  ticks getourtimeofday threadDelay non-threaded  |   Difficulty:  Unknown
    Testcase:                                                  |           Os:  Linux  
Architecture:  x86                                             |  
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Comment (by dons):

 tomekz, Galois has a lot of continuously running systems (as there are
 also in the wider Haskell industrial and open source world (e.g.
 xmonad!)), and I'm not aware of anyone encountering this. Typically we use
 the threaded runtime though, if using threadDelay, for any serious system,
 which might explain the result.

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