[commit: Cabal] : Change the default config on Windows to per-user installs (4c55f69)

[Ian Lynagh]

Repository : ssh://darcs.haskell.org//srv/darcs/packages/Cabal

On branch  : 

http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/changeset/4c55f6990eb9c59157dcc84e1dd788cf1e4be9ae

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commit 4c55f6990eb9c59157dcc84e1dd788cf1e4be9ae
Author: Duncan Coutts <duncan at haskell.org>
Date:   Mon Dec 28 16:54:11 2009 +0000

    Change the default config on Windows to per-user installs
    Slightly experimental. We should look out for unexpected consequences.

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 cabal-install/Distribution/Client/Config.hs |   10 +++-------
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/Config.hs b/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/Config.hs
index d621162..8ddca49 100644
--- a/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/Config.hs
+++ b/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/Config.hs
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ import Distribution.Simple.Utils
          ( notice, warn, lowercase )
 import Distribution.Compiler
          ( CompilerFlavor(..), defaultCompilerFlavor )
-import Distribution.System
-         ( OS(Windows), buildOS )
 import Distribution.Verbosity
          ( Verbosity, normal )
 
@@ -212,11 +210,9 @@ defaultCompiler :: CompilerFlavor
 defaultCompiler = fromMaybe GHC defaultCompilerFlavor
 
 defaultUserInstall :: Bool
-defaultUserInstall = case buildOS of
-  -- We do global installs by default on Windows
-  Windows -> False
-  -- and per-user installs by default everywhere else
-  _       -> True
+defaultUserInstall = True
+-- We do per-user installs by default on all platforms. We used to default to
+-- global installs on Windows but that no longer works on Windows Vista or 7.
 
 defaultRemoteRepo :: RemoteRepo
 defaultRemoteRepo = RemoteRepo name uri