[Hackage] #578: Allow installation of distro packages

[Hackage]

#578: Allow installation of distro packages
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  Reporter:  bos                 |        Owner:                 
      Type:  enhancement         |       Status:  new            
  Priority:  normal              |    Milestone:  _|_            
 Component:  cabal-install tool  |      Version:                 
  Severity:  normal              |   Resolution:                 
  Keywords:                      |   Difficulty:  project(> week)
Ghcversion:                      |     Platform:                 
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Comment (by duncan):

 The other aspect of the problem of course is the permissions issue. Users
 are typically running cabal under their normal user account. Should we
 attempt to elevate privileges and if so when and how?

 We already support a --root-cmd=sudo flag which we use with global
 installs performed as the user so that we build as the user and do the
 install step as root.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/578#comment:5>
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