#11696: Windows Install Makes Unnecessary/Incorrect PATH Changes -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: AlexAndrews | Owner: Type: bug | Status: closed Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: None | Version: 7.10.3 Resolution: invalid | Keywords: path | environment variable install Operating System: Windows | Architecture: x86 Type of failure: Other | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by AlexAndrews): Replying to [comment:2 gershomb]:
Closing this as invalid as it is an HP issue, which in general should be reported here: https://github.com/haskell/haskell-platform
That said, these two directories are not places that the platform installer itself creates or installs things to. They are, however, the directories that cabal will create and install things to by default when you `cabal install` an executable , and thus the platform installer (correctly) adds them to your path as a convenience. We can document this behavior further, but I see no need to change it.
Fair enough, but having asked where Haskell should be installed, the HP should also ask where to locate the directories that `cabal install` will use. I will submit an HP ticket on the URL you provided. -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/11696#comment:3> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler