#98: ./configure doesn't fully respect --prefix
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Reporter: zooko | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone:
Component: (none-specified) | Keywords: packaging
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I tried to follow these instructions to install the Haskell platform on my
Linux system. I have a policy that packages do not get to run an
installer with sudo power -- instead I use GNU stow to symlink a package
into the system after it has installed itself into a specific
{{{--prefix}}} which is just for that one package.
The unix src bundle seems to be not fully prespecting the {{{--prefix}}}
option to {{{./configure}}}:
{{{
wget http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/2009.2.0.2/haskell-
platform-2009.2.0.2.tar.gz
tar -xzf haskell-platform-2009.2.0.2.tar.gz
cd haskell-platform-2009.2.0.2
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/stow/haskell-platform-2009.2.0.2
make
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/stow/haskell-platform-2009.2.0.2
sudo chown `whoami` /usr/local/stow/haskell-platform-2009.2.0.2
make install
}}}
This fails with:
{{{
scripts/install.sh
Installing mtl-1.1.0.2...
Installing library in
/usr/local/stow/haskell-platform-2009.2.0.2/lib/mtl-1.1.0.2/ghc-6.10.4
Writing package registration file: mtl-1.1.0.2.conf for mtl-1.1.0.2...
Reading package info from "mtl-1.1.0.2.conf" ... done.
Writing new package config file... ghc-pkg:
/var/lib/ghc-6.10.4/./package.conf: you don't have permission to modify
this file
Error:
Registering the package mtl-1.1.0.2 failed
make: *** [install] Error 2
}}}
Is there a different {{{./configure}}} option I could use to tell it to
use a different location of {{{package.conf}}}? In any case, it seems
like the location of that file, like all files, should be controlled by
{{{--prefix}}}.
Thanks!
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