Re: [GHC] #482: 'Bug' when installing GHC 6.4.1

#482: 'Bug' when installing GHC 6.4.1
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 Reporter:  nobody        |          Owner:  wolfgang
     Type:  bug           |         Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal        |      Milestone:  _|_     
Component:  Build System  |        Version:  6.4.1   
 Severity:  normal        |     Resolution:  None    
 Keywords:                |     Difficulty:  Unknown 
 Testcase:  N/A           |   Architecture:  powerpc 
       Os:  MacOS X       |  
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Changes (by igloo):

  * milestone:  => _|_
  * testcase:  => N/A

Old description:

> {{{
> 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.
>
> }}}

New description:

 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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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/482>
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