Problems with pcWorkingDir on macOS

[k-bx]

Migrating from fpco/typed-process#31

Here's a script that works differently on macOS and Linux.

#!/usr/bin/env stack
{- stack script
     --resolver=lts-15.0
     --package process
-}
{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}

import Control.Concurrent
import System.Exit (ExitCode(..))
import qualified System.Process as P

main :: IO ()
main = do
  let cp0 = P.proc "./webapp" []
      pcWorkingDir = Just "./inner"
      cp = cp0 {P.cwd = pcWorkingDir}
  (minH, moutH, merrH, pHandle) <- P.createProcess_ "startProcess" cp
  putStrLn "> started"
  threadDelay (2 * 1000000)
  putStrLn "> exiting"

The problem is that it succeeds in running a program ./webapp located in ./inner dir on Linux, but fails on macOS. If you put "./inner/webapp" as a path on macOS, it launches it fine.

Dir where you can reproduce this in full: https://github.com/k-bx/playground/tree/master/typed-process-issue-31

[snoyberg]

As I mentioned in that previous issue, I think this is an inherent difference in Mac vs Linux, though I could be mistaken. I'm worried about trying to fix this one, as it will silently change the behavior of programs on one of these two OSes. If we can do it with a flag, that would be better.