Hi
On 5/22/06, Isaac Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Alson Kemp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> A question for the group:
>> Where should cabal-install's various files go?
Here's my Windows-user-opinions. I am not sure they follow
any real guidelines, if there are such for packaging systems
in Windows.
>> Files:
>> server.list - one line config file with the Hackage server
>> location,
>> basically never modified;
>> package.list - the listing of packages available on the Hackage
>> server;
>> packages/ - the directory in which all of the downloaded packages
>> are stored.
>>
>> Options:
>> 1) Proper: /etc/server.list,
Definitely!
On Windows, registry or file next to executable.
Registry path
HKCU\Software\Cabal\Cabal-install\
od HKLM\Software\Cabal\Cabal-install\
depending mode: user-only vs Administrator (or however
rights go).
>> /var/local/lib/cabal-install/package.list,
>> /var/local/lib/cabal-install/packages/. A bit dogmatic and I'm not
>> sure how it maps onto non-*nix systems, but it's the Right Thing to
>> do
>> on *nix.
I don't know about /var/local. There's nothing in that directory on
my Debian system. /var/lib maybe, or /var/cache.
In Windows, this would is a question user answer when during
install. Path should be stored in registry or file next to executable.
>> 2) Easy: everything goes in $lib-prefix/cabal-install. Isn't the
>> prettiest solution, but it's functional. Maps onto Windows well.
>> Users will never directly see or use these files, so
>> $lib-prefix/cabal-install. (GHC does this with its package.conf.)
I think that'll be broken for Debian which doesn't want random files
in /usr/lib changing that much.
I'd think this would be ok for most Windows users, but it's sort of
unorganised.
HTH,
--Esa
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