#465: default global install on windows is a problem ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: duncan | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Cabal-1.8 Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.6.0.1 Severity: normal | Resolution: Keywords: | Difficulty: normal Ghcversion: 6.8.3 | Platform: Windows ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Comment (by duncan): I'm convinced the only sensible thing to do is to default to per-user installs and to reject --global installs unless we were launched with elevated privileges (meaning from within a elevated privileges console window). Providing a way to elevate privileges at just the right time is just too hard on Windows. See #320 comment 9. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/465#comment:2 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects