> In trying out a particularly large set of files (circa 450) 
> with ghc --make I
> get
> 
> ghc-5.00: panic! (the `impossible' happened, GHC version 5.00):
>         resource exhausted
> Action: openFile
> Reason: process file table full
> File: /tmp/ghc14562.hspp
> 
> Please report it as a compiler bug to 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED],
> or http://sourceforge.net/projects/ghc/.
> 
> I presume that this is due to some system limitation.
> But it is a pity really, since it would save a lot of time if I could
> compile all these files in one go.  Can you explain what is going
> on and how I avoid it?  Also I think ghc is overreacting when it
> panics . . .

We're probably not being conscientious enough about closing files.  I'll
take a look.

Cheers,
        Simon

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