#365: new cabal-install ignores prefix settings in my config file, fails every install ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: guest | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: cabal-install tool | Version: Severity: normal | Keywords: Difficulty: normal | Ghcversion: 6.8.3 Platform: Linux | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Installing xhtml-3000.2.0.1 with cabal fails because it tries to write to /usr/local, to which it doesn't have access. This shouldn't happen because my whole ghc installation lives in ~/usr and cabal is configured to put stuff there. A manual build (using ./Setup configure --prefix=... + build + install) works. Oops. I just noticed that installing ''any'' package with cabal fails. It's just that xhtml is the first out-of-date package on my system. The last thing I did before was 'cabal upgrade cabal-install', which installed a new Cabal and cabal-install. Now every package (with verbose=2) says stuff like {{{ Using Cabal-1.4.0.2 compiled by ghc-6.8 Using compiler: ghc-6.8.3 Using install prefix: /usr/local Binaries installed in: /usr/local/bin Libraries installed in: /usr/local/lib/cabal-install-0.5.2/ghc-6.8.3 Private binaries installed in: /usr/local/libexec Data files installed in: /usr/local/share/cabal-install-0.5.2 Documentation installed in: /usr/local/share/doc/cabal-install-0.5.2 }}} So it seems like the new cabal ignores my ~/.cabal/config file since specifying a --prefix on the command line works fine. Here's a sample run: {{{ % cabal upgrade --dry-run Resolving dependencies... In order, the following would be installed: xhtml-3000.2.0.1 cgi-3001.1.7.0 % cabal upgrade Resolving dependencies... 'xhtml-3000.2.0.1' is cached. Configuring xhtml-3000.2.0.1... Preprocessing library xhtml-3000.2.0.1... Building xhtml-3000.2.0.1... [ 1 of 15] Compiling Text.XHtml.BlockTable ( Text/XHtml/BlockTable.hs, dist/build/Text/XHtml/BlockTable.o ) [ 2 of 15] Compiling Text.XHtml.Internals ( Text/XHtml/Internals.hs, dist/build/Text/XHtml/Internals.o ) [ 3 of 15] Compiling Text.XHtml.Transitional.Elements ( Text/XHtml/Transitional/Elements.hs, dist/build/Text/XHtml/Transitional/Elements.o ) [ 4 of 15] Compiling Text.XHtml.Transitional.Attributes ( Text/XHtml/Transitional/Attributes.hs, dist/build/Text/XHtml/Transitional/Attributes.o ) [ 5 of 15] Compiling Text.XHtml.Frameset.Attributes ( Text/XHtml/Frameset/Attributes.hs, dist/build/Text/XHtml/Frameset/Attributes.o ) [ 6 of 15] Compiling Text.XHtml.Strict.Attributes ( Text/XHtml/Strict/Attributes.hs, dist/build/Text/XHtml/Strict/Attributes.o ) [ 7 of 15] Compiling Text.XHtml.Frameset.Elements ( Text/XHtml/Frameset/Elements.hs, dist/build/Text/XHtml/Frameset/Elements.o ) [ 8 of 15] Compiling Text.XHtml.Strict.Elements ( Text/XHtml/Strict/Elements.hs, dist/build/Text/XHtml/Strict/Elements.o ) [ 9 of 15] Compiling Text.XHtml.Extras ( Text/XHtml/Extras.hs, dist/build/Text/XHtml/Extras.o ) [10 of 15] Compiling Text.XHtml.Strict ( Text/XHtml/Strict.hs, dist/build/Text/XHtml/Strict.o ) [11 of 15] Compiling Text.XHtml.Frameset ( Text/XHtml/Frameset.hs, dist/build/Text/XHtml/Frameset.o ) [12 of 15] Compiling Text.XHtml.Table ( Text/XHtml/Table.hs, dist/build/Text/XHtml/Table.o ) Text/XHtml/Table.hs:31:20: Warning: Defined but not used: `fn' [13 of 15] Compiling Text.XHtml.Debug ( Text/XHtml/Debug.hs, dist/build/Text/XHtml/Debug.o ) Text/XHtml/Debug.hs:34:17: Warning: Defined but not used: `c' [14 of 15] Compiling Text.XHtml.Transitional ( Text/XHtml/Transitional.hs, dist/build/Text/XHtml/Transitional.o ) [15 of 15] Compiling Text.XHtml ( Text/XHtml.hs, dist/build/Text/XHtml.o ) /usr/bin/ar: creating dist/build/libHSxhtml-3000.2.0.1.a cabal: Error: some packages failed to install: cgi-3001.1.7.0 depends on xhtml-3000.2.0.1 which failed to install. xhtml-3000.2.0.1 failed during the final install step. The exception was: /usr/local/share/doc/xhtml-3000.2.0.1: createDirectory: permission denied (Permission denied) % cabal --version cabal-install version 0.5.2 using version 1.4.0.2 of the Cabal library % cat ~/.cabal/config repos: hackage.haskell.org:http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive cachedir: "/home/mauke/.cabal/packages" hackage-username: "" hackage-password: "" compiler: ghc user-install: False user-prefix: "/home/mauke/usr/local" global-prefix: "/home/mauke/usr/local" % type cabal ghc cabal is /home/mauke/usr/local/bin/cabal ghc is /home/mauke/usr/local/bin/ghc % ghc --version The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 6.8.3 }}} -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/365 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects