#601: cabal setup doesn't respect --prefix
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Reporter: zooko | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: closed
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.6.0.1
Severity: normal | Resolution: wontfix
Keywords: | Difficulty: unknown
Ghcversion: | Platform:
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Comment (by zooko):
I don't expect you to fix this, but I just want to reiterate that I think
this is a design flaw. The use of a package database makes the hackage
package system incompatible with any principle-of-least-authority-
respecting installation process, such as GNU stow or Nix. I know it is
hard to conceive of an alternative, but there are alternatives, such as
using the filesystem as your database, such as GNU stow does.
I wonder how Nix handles hackage issue...
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/601#comment:5>
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Hackage: Cabal and related projects
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