#578: Allow installation of distro packages ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: bos | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: _|_ Component: cabal-install tool | Version: Severity: normal | Resolution: Keywords: | Difficulty: project(> week) Ghcversion: | Platform: ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Comment (by nomeata): Replying to [comment:5 duncan]:
The other aspect of the problem of course is the permissions issue. Users are typically running cabal under their normal user account. Should we attempt to elevate privileges and if so when and how?
We already support a --root-cmd=sudo flag which we use with global installs performed as the user so that we build as the user and do the install step as root.
From my point of view, I’d already be satisfied if cabal would say "The following required packages are also available from your distribution and it is recommended to install them before continuing: libghc6-a-dev libghc6-b-dev. Do you want to abort now? [Y,n]". -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/578#comment:6 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects