unix-compat

Portable POSIX-compatibility layer.

https://github.com/haskell-pkg-janitors/unix-compat

LTS Haskell 24.7:0.7.4.1
Stackage Nightly 2025-08-23:0.7.4
Latest on Hackage:0.7.4.1

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BSD-3-Clause licensed by Björn Bringert, Duncan Coutts, Jacob Stanley, Bryan O'Sullivan
Maintained by https://github.com/haskell-pkg-janitors
This version can be pinned in stack with:unix-compat-0.7.4.1@sha256:11793eab07fc5c4e167ae3aa8a8885dc4a9e71cb3b6ac611a7ab9ee29321b6d3,2536

Module documentation for 0.7.4.1

Depends on 2 packages(full list with versions):
base, unix

This package provides portable implementations of parts of the unix package. This package re-exports the unix package when available. When it isn't available, portable implementations are used.

Changes

Version 0.7.4.1 (2025-08-26)

  • Fix build with -Werror=unused-packages.
  • Tested with GHC 8.0 - 9.14 alpha1.

Version 0.7.4 (2025-03-27)

  • Add wasm32-wasi support (PR #16).
  • Tested with GHC 8.0 - 9.12.

Version 0.7.3 (2024-10-11)

  • Fix sysmacros.h include for GNU/Hurd (PR #12).
  • Tested with GHC 8.0 - 9.10.

Version 0.7.2 (2024-06-25)

  • Remove flag old-time and drop support for old-time.
  • Remove support for GHC 7.
  • Tested with GHC 8.0 - 9.10.

Version 0.7.1 (2023-12-06) Santa Clause edition

  • Add System.PosixCompat.Process module, exporting getProcessID.

Version 0.7 (2023-03-15)

  • Remove System.PosixCompat.User module.

Version 0.6 (2022-05-22)

  • Better support for symbolic links.