#543: ghc global package db should live in /var not /usr ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: nr | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.6.0.1 Severity: normal | Keywords: Difficulty: unknown | Ghcversion: 6.8.2 Platform: Linux | ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Comment(by duncan): Note of course that following the `./configure` file layout convention and having relocatable packages are orthogonal. It is still possible to `./configure` and put everything under one prefix (e.g. /opt/ghc-x.y/). Then whether ghc defaults to one or the other scheme is up to the packager. Generic binary tarballs should probably be relocatable and self contained, while Linux distros will continue to use their current scheme. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/543#comment:4 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects