[Hackage] #465: default global install on windows is a problem

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Mon Jan 19 13:33:57 EST 2009


#465: default global install on windows is a problem
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  Reporter:  duncan         |        Owner:           
      Type:  defect         |       Status:  new      
  Priority:  normal         |    Milestone:  Cabal-1.8
 Component:  Cabal library  |      Version:  1.6.0.1  
  Severity:  normal         |   Resolution:           
  Keywords:                 |   Difficulty:  normal   
Ghcversion:  6.8.3          |     Platform:  Windows  
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Comment (by duncan):

 See #320 for an example of what happens on Vista and trying to do global
 installs, even when the user has admin access.

 Then if they do do a global install as administrator they get #454, where
 the permissions are such that only the administrator can run the program.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/465#comment:1>
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