#289: symlink binaries into ~/bin ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: duncan | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Cabal-1.4 Component: cabal-install tool | Version: Severity: normal | Resolution: Keywords: | Difficulty: very easy (<1 hour) Ghcversion: 6.8.2 | Platform: ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Comment (by duncan): Replying to [comment:3 Isaac Dupree]: Most distros set things up so that `~/bin` is in the `$PATH` by default (if it exists). Why would you want unversioned names under `~/.cabal/bin` if that is not on your `$PATH` ? I don't think we should ignore a `~/bin` just because it is a symlink. Users who don't want the feature can easily turn it off in the `~/.cabal/config`. I'm not sure what you mean about trampling, we're being pretty careful not to trample anything. By default we only touch `~/.cabal` and are careful with setting symlinks in `~/bin` so that we do not overwrite anything created by the user or any other program. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/289#comment:4 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects