[Hackage] #601: cabal setup doesn't respect --prefix

[Hackage]

#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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