[Hackage] #328: cabal-install passing --distpref to Setup.hs compiled with older Cabal lib

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#328: cabal-install passing --distpref to Setup.hs compiled with older Cabal lib
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  Reporter:  duncan              |        Owner:                     
      Type:  defect              |       Status:  new                
  Priority:  normal              |    Milestone:  Cabal-1.4          
 Component:  cabal-install tool  |      Version:  HEAD               
  Severity:  normal              |   Resolution:                     
  Keywords:                      |   Difficulty:  very easy (<1 hour)
Ghcversion:  6.8.2               |     Platform:                     
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Comment (by dreixel):

 Replying to [comment:4 duncan]:
 > I found the problem. We were using the default flags for build (and
 other commands) rather than an empty set of flags.
 >
 > The fix will be in cabal-install 0.5.2

 Good. Since I now had 6.8.3, I rolled back to 6.8.2 and reinstalled Cabal
 and cabal-install to reproduce the problem (from the releases). But
 actually I wasn't being able to reproduce it, so I started wondering if I
 had done something weird before.

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