[Hackage] #419: cabal-install should handle packages that need a later Cabal version better

[Hackage]

#419: cabal-install should handle packages that need a later Cabal version better
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  Reporter:  jimburton           |        Owner:         
      Type:  defect              |       Status:  new    
  Priority:  normal              |    Milestone:         
 Component:  cabal-install tool  |      Version:  1.4.0.2
  Severity:  normal              |   Resolution:         
  Keywords:                      |   Difficulty:  normal 
Ghcversion:  6.8.3               |     Platform:         
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Changes (by duncan):

  * summary:  cabal-install: upgrade complains about missing .cabal file =>
              cabal-install should handle packages that need
              a later Cabal version better

Comment:

 The problem is that cgi-3001.1.7.1 uses syntax that is new in Cabal-1.6
 and your version of cabal-install is using Cabal-1.4. So it's not that the
 file is missing (it isn't) but the .cabal file cannot be parsed.

 Try upgrading cabal-install and try again:
 `cabal install cabal-install`

 So there's not a lot we can do about this now. However we should be able
 to make cabal-install be a bit more graceful in handling packages that
 require a later version of Cabal to parse properly.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/419#comment:1>
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