#482: 'Bug' when installing GHC 6.4.1
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Reporter: nobody | Owner: wolfgang
Type: bug | Status: assigned
Priority: normal | Milestone: _|_
Component: Build System | Version: 6.4.1
Severity: normal | Resolution: None
Keywords: | Difficulty: Unknown
Testcase: N/A | Architecture: powerpc
Os: MacOS X |
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Changes (by igloo):
* milestone: => _|_
* testcase: => N/A
Old description:
> {{{
> I installed GHC-6.4.1.pkg.zip under MacOSX, and selected
> the startup volume for install. The idea is that
> he puts the ghc exec. and the rest in /usr/local.
> In my case, /usr/local/ is a symbolic link to another
> partition.
> It turns out that the installer then removes this link,
> makes a new subdir /usr/local/ and installs
> ghc in there. This means, all my other stuff has become
> inaccessible. My feeling is that this is a bug.
> I can imagine that you check whether /usr/local exists
> and whether it is a directory, and maybe the case
> that it is a symbolic link to a directory is not
> yet covered.
>
> }}}
New description:
I installed GHC-6.4.1.pkg.zip under MacOSX, and selected
the startup volume for install. The idea is that
he puts the ghc exec. and the rest in /usr/local.
In my case, /usr/local/ is a symbolic link to another
partition.
It turns out that the installer then removes this link,
makes a new subdir /usr/local/ and installs
ghc in there. This means, all my other stuff has become
inaccessible. My feeling is that this is a bug.
I can imagine that you check whether /usr/local exists
and whether it is a directory, and maybe the case
that it is a symbolic link to a directory is not
yet covered.
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/482>
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