Re: [Hackage] #289: symlink binaries into ~/bin

2 Aug 2008

      #289: symlink binaries into ~/bin
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  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:                     
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Changes (by duncan):

  * difficulty:  easy (<4 hours) => very easy (<1 hour)

Comment:

 {{{
 Sat Aug  2 03:56:54 BST 2008  Duncan Coutts 
   * Add feature to symlink binaries into another dir
   This covers the major part of ticket #289.

 Sat Aug  2 03:57:30 BST 2008  Duncan Coutts 
   * Add a symlink-bindir field to the config file
   and link it up with the symlink feature code.

 Sat Aug  2 14:39:22 BST 2008  Duncan Coutts 
   * Warn about symlinks that could not be created
 }}}

 What remains to be done is to change the default config.

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Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/289#comment:2
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