[Hackage] #362: Disallow uploads of libraries that provide binaries called 'test' and similar

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Mon Sep 29 01:04:59 EDT 2008


#362: Disallow uploads of libraries that provide binaries called 'test' and
similar
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  Reporter:  guest          |        Owner:         
      Type:  defect         |       Status:  new    
  Priority:  normal         |    Milestone:         
 Component:  Cabal library  |      Version:  1.2.3.0
  Severity:  normal         |     Keywords:         
Difficulty:  normal         |   Ghcversion:  6.8.2  
  Platform:                 |  
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 Some libraries (example, haskore), provide an executable called 'test' or
 'Test' or other similarly named private test programs. These are however
 installed onto the users system, or prevented from doing so, as they
 conflict with /usr/bin/test

 uploading should prevent and warn if people use unix builtin names as
 executables, particularly 'test'.

 -- don stewart

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/362>
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