#320: cooperation with Windows Vista's User Access Control ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: Toxaris | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: _|_ Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.4.0.1 Severity: normal | Resolution: Keywords: | Difficulty: normal Ghcversion: 6.8.2 | Platform: Windows ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Comment (by duncan): Replying to [comment:7 br1]:
FWIW, I asked Microsoft:
I'm not familiar with the tool or how it works. If you're creating a
I generally advise not trying to replicate the !AccessCheck logic and elevate accordingly - it's too easy to get that wrong. Rather, just factor
Heh, thanks. pure per-user application, then simply writing the files to a per-user location is sufficient. I'm sure this is the most sensible default (#465). It's not clear if there is any default per-user location that we should use. I think currently for `--user` installs on Windows we use the per-user app-data area, which I think is mainly intended for data files rather than programs. I looked up per-user installs with MSI http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370813(VS.85).aspx but it's not clear that there is any per-user area for program files. The program files directory seems to be only globally shared. the application, and always elevate or never elevate (if it's per-user). This also sounds very sensible. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/320#comment:8 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects