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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/XMonad/Util/Run.hs b/XMonad/Util/Run.hs
index c884818..2afdae5 100644
--- a/XMonad/Util/Run.hs
+++ b/XMonad/Util/Run.hs
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ module XMonad.Util.Run (
import System.Posix.IO
import System.Posix.Process (executeFile)
+import System.Posix.Types (ProcessID)
import Control.Concurrent (threadDelay)
-import Control.Exception (try) -- use OldException with base 4
+import Control.Exception.Extensible (try,SomeException)
import System.IO
import System.Process (runInteractiveProcess)
import XMonad
@@ -107,7 +108,9 @@ it makes use of shell interpretation by relying on @$HOME@ and
interpolation, whereas the safeSpawn example can be safe because
Firefox doesn't need any arguments if it is just being started. -}
safeSpawn :: MonadIO m => FilePath -> [String] -> m ()
-safeSpawn prog args = liftIO (try (xfork $ executeFile prog True args Nothing) >> return ())
+safeSpawn prog args = liftIO $ do
+ try $ xfork $ executeFile prog True args Nothing :: IO (Either SomeException ProcessID)
+ return ()
-- | Like 'safeSpawn', but only takes a program (and no arguments for it). eg.
--