[Hackage] #40: how well does sdist work in windows? is there a better way to find 'tar'?

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#40: how well does sdist work in windows?  is there a better way to find 'tar'?
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  Reporter:  ijones  |        Owner:  kr.angelov at gmail.com
      Type:  defect  |       Status:  new                 
  Priority:  normal  |    Milestone:                      
 Component:  Cabal   |      Version:                      
  Severity:  normal  |   Resolution:                      
  Keywords:          |   Difficulty:  normal              
Ghcversion:  6.2.1   |     Platform:  Linux               
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Comment (by duncan):

 Perhaps the sdist feature should be part of the cabal-install tool and not
 part of the Cabal library. Then it could use the zlib package as cabal-
 install does. That would be a solution for Windows. The Cabal library
 could provide functions just to prepare the sdist temporary directory but
 not the bit that actually packs that up into a .tar.gz file.

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