#578: Allow installation of distro packages
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Reporter: bos | Owner:
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: _|_
Component: cabal-install tool | Version:
Severity: normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Difficulty: project(> week)
Ghcversion: | Platform:
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Comment (by nomeata):
Replying to [comment:5 duncan]:
> The other aspect of the problem of course is the permissions issue.
Users are typically running cabal under their normal user account. Should
we attempt to elevate privileges and if so when and how?
>
> We already support a --root-cmd=sudo flag which we use with global
installs performed as the user so that we build as the user and do the
install step as root.
From my point of view, I’d already be satisfied if cabal would say "The
following required packages are also available from your distribution and
it is recommended to install them before continuing: libghc6-a-dev
libghc6-b-dev. Do you want to abort now? [Y,n]".
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/578#comment:6>
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