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

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#601: cabal setup doesn't respect --prefix
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  Reporter:  zooko          |        Owner:         
      Type:  defect         |       Status:  new    
  Priority:  normal         |    Milestone:         
 Component:  Cabal library  |      Version:  1.6.0.1
  Severity:  normal         |     Keywords:         
Difficulty:  unknown        |   Ghcversion:         
  Platform:                 |  
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 I'm trying to install Cabal here.  The install process (and the running
 cabal executable itself) isn't allowed to write into {{{/var/lib}}}, nor
 into any directory outside of {{{/usr/local/stow/Cabal}}}.  So I pass
 {{{--prefix=/usr/local/stow/Cabal}}} and in addition I use unix
 permissions to make it so that if it attempts to write outside of the
 specified prefix it will fail.  Good thing I did, because it does indeed
 so attempt:

 {{{
 ./Setup configure --prefix=/usr/local/stow/Cabal
 ./Setup build
 ./Setup install
 Fri Oct 23 21:29:12 MDT 2009
 Installing library in /usr/local/stow/Cabal/lib/Cabal-1.6.0.2/ghc-6.10.4
 Registering Cabal-1.6.0.2...
 Reading package info from "dist/installed-pkg-config" ... 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
 }}}

 Is there a different option to tell it to use a {{{package.conf}}} file in
 a specific directory?  In any case, the fact that it is attempting to
 write outside the specified {{{--prefix}}} seems like a bug to me.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/601>
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