Patch for --global for bootstrap.sh

[Duncan Coutts]

Dino, Jason,

Thanks for that. Applied.

On Sat, 2009-06-13 at 11:30 -0400, Dino Morelli wrote:
> >   I'm not sure whether this will have the desired effect in all
> >   cases; however, it works for me. I've long desired a
> >   `--global` installation for cabal and this seems to at least
> >   get the bootstrap right.
> > 
> > --
> > Jason Dusek
> 
> I've taken this code, added to it and integrated it into cabal-install 0.7
> And then tested it with this setup:
> 
>     Debian GNU/Linux squeeze (testing)
>     GHC 6.10.3
>     Cabal 1.7.2
>     cabal-install 0.7
> 
> darcs patch attached with the changes below. Thanks Jason!
> 
> 
> - Dino Morelli
> 
> 
> -----
> Sat Jun 13 11:09:58 EDT 2009  Dino Morelli <dino at ui3.info>
>    * Now supporting explicit --user or --global switches in bootstrap.sh with usage feedback for bad args
>    This change was adapted from work submitted to the cabal-devel mailing list by Jason Dusek.
>      {
>      hunk ./bootstrap.sh 21
>      +SCOPE_OF_INSTALLATION="--user"
>      +
>      +
>      +for arg in $*
>      +do
>      +  case "${arg}" in
>      +    "--user")
>      +      SCOPE_OF_INSTALLATION=${arg}
>      +      shift;;
>      +    "--global")
>      +      SCOPE_OF_INSTALLATION=${arg}
>      +      PREFIX="/usr/local"
>      +      shift;;
>      +    *)
>      +      echo "Unknown argument or option, quitting: ${arg}"
>      +      echo "usage: bootstrap.sh [OPTION]"
>      +      echo
>      +      echo "options:"
>      +      echo "   --user    Install for the local user (default)"
>      +      echo "   --global  Install systemwide"
>      +      exit;;
>      +  esac
>      +done
>      hunk ./bootstrap.sh 164
>      -  ./Setup configure --user "--prefix=${PREFIX}" \
>      +  ./Setup configure ${SCOPE_OF_INSTALLATION} "--prefix=${PREFIX}" \
>      }
> -----
> 
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