Could you give us more details on how you performed the test and how we can reproduce it. Were you doing global or user installs? Were you running
#454: file permissions of installed files on windows ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: Toxaris | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Cabal-1.6 Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.6.0.1 Severity: normal | Resolution: Keywords: | Difficulty: normal Ghcversion: 6.10.1 | Platform: Windows ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Comment (by Toxaris): Replying to [comment:7 duncan]: the build and install as administrator? Where were you installing the files? I'm running a preinstalled Vista. I use a user account in the local administrator group. I have used a administrator console to run the following tests (see #320). I performed a first test by running "cabal install hoogle". Later, I performed a second test by downloading, unpacking, configuring, building and installing the hoogle package manually, without cabal-install involvement. I used the following commands: "runhaskell Setup configure", "runhaskell Setup build", "runhaskell Setup install". I repeated both tests with some other package which contains a binary, but I'm not sure which one. All tests yielded identical results, namely: "c:\program files\Haskell\bin\hoogle.exe" was replaced by a file with no permissions set for "all users", but permissions set for "administrators". The file does not inherit the permissions set for "c:\program files\Haskell\bin" (read and execute allowed for "all users"). While the only user account I use is part of the "administrators" group, it cannot use the rights associated with this group in normal use. Therefore, I can execute the new hoogle.exe from a administrator console, but not from a normal console. Does that help? I would be happy to look for more information or run tests if that helps. I can be contacted in #haskell (or here). -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/454#comment:8 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects