[Hackage] #611: protect users from themselves when they use sudo inappropriately

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#611: protect users from themselves when they use sudo inappropriately
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  Reporter:  duncan         |        Owner:     
      Type:  enhancement    |       Status:  new
  Priority:  normal         |    Milestone:     
 Component:  Cabal library  |      Version:     
  Severity:  normal         |     Keywords:     
Difficulty:  unknown        |   Ghcversion:     
  Platform:                 |  
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Comment(by draconx):

 Maybe I don't understand how sudo works, but why is cabal installing in
 the user's home directory when running as root in the first place?

 It should be installing packages in root's home directory if you do this.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/611#comment:1>
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