#289: symlink binaries into ~/bin ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ 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: ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Comment (by igloo): Does anything else automatically install into `~/bin`? I always assumed that it being in the path by default was just to make things easier for users who wanted to put things there. Incidentally, I don't think you shouldn't touch it /at all/, but that you shouldn't touch it without being explicitly told you can (e.g. "I see you haven't made a .cabal/config yet. Do you want me to make one for you? [Yn] Do you want me to automatically symlink binaries into ~/bin?" [Yn]). -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/289#comment:10 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects