#15540: GHCi does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: rszibele | Owner: (none) Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 8.6.1 Component: GHCi | Version: 8.0.2 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: | Type of failure: None/Unknown Unknown/Multiple | Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Hello, GHCi does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification by default on GNU/Linux based operating systems. It creates for instance the file $HOME/.ghc/ghci_history which belongs in $XDG_CACHE_HOME/ghc/ , or $HOME/.cache/ghc/ if $XDG_CACHE_HOME is not set. $ ghci --version The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 8.0.2 -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/15540 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler