#541: bootstrap.sh ignores PREFIX environment variable ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: nr | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: cabal-install tool | Version: 1.6.0.1 Severity: major | Resolution: Keywords: | Difficulty: unknown Ghcversion: | Platform: Linux ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Changes (by nr): * severity: normal => major Comment: Followup: even with this patch, using {{{$PREFIX}}} does not work: a directory structure gets created in {{{$PREFIX}}}, but there is no config file, which results in this pain: {{{ : nr@homedog 5523 ; cabal install -v graphmod /usr/bin/ghc --numeric-version looking for package tool: ghc-pkg near compiler in /usr/bin found package tool in /usr/bin/ghc-pkg /usr/bin/ghc-pkg --version /usr/bin/ghc --supported-languages Reading installed packages... /usr/bin/ghc-pkg list Warning: No remote package servers have been specified. Usually you would have one specified in the config file. cabal: There is no package named graphmod : nr@homedog 5524 ; }}} -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/541#comment:1 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects