[Hackage] #669: Allow cabal-install's package build location to be set

[Hackage]

#669: Allow cabal-install's package build location to be set
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  Reporter:  duncan              |        Owner:     
      Type:  enhancement         |       Status:  new
  Priority:  normal              |    Milestone:     
 Component:  cabal-install tool  |      Version:     
  Severity:  normal              |     Keywords:     
Difficulty:  unknown             |   Ghcversion:     
  Platform:                      |  
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 Apparently some systems mount /tmp such that one cannot create and run
 executables. This is clearly problematic for cabal-install because it
 needs somewhere to build packages.

 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe/73517

 It may be useful for cabal-install to have a config setting to specify
 where to do package builds (for downloaded packages). If not specified
 this would default to the temp dir as now.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/669>
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