#543: cabal requires root privileges in order to modify files in /usr/lib/ghc-6.8.2 -------------------------------+-------------------------------------------- Reporter: nr | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.6.0.1 Severity: normal | Resolution: Keywords: ghc package.conf | Difficulty: unknown Ghcversion: 6.8.2 | Platform: Linux -------------------------------+-------------------------------------------- Comment (by duncan): Right, the problem here is that we need root permissions so that ghc-pkg can modify ghc's global package db. This is one reason we do per-user installs by default. You're quite right though that ghc should be keeping its package db in `/var` rather than in its install libdir. Ideally we should have a second "global" one in `/usr/local/var` corresponding to packages installed in `/usr/local/lib`. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/543#comment:1 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects