[ ghc-Bugs-1363821 ] 'Bug' when installing GHC 6.4.1

Bugs item #1363821, was opened at 2005-11-22 06:35
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Category: Build System
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: 'Bug' when installing GHC 6.4.1

Initial Comment:
I installed GHC-6.4.1.pkg.zip under MacOSX, and selected
the startup volume for install. The idea is that
he puts the ghc exec. and the rest in /usr/local.
In my case, /usr/local/ is a symbolic link to another
partition.
It turns out that the installer then removes this link,
makes a new subdir /usr/local/ and installs
ghc in there. This means, all my other stuff has become
inaccessible. My feeling is that this is a bug.
I can imagine that you check whether /usr/local exists
and whether it is a directory, and maybe the case
that it is a symbolic link to a directory is not 
yet covered.


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