[Hackage] #542: installing cabal-install refers to editing nonexistent file $HOME/.cabal/config

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#542: installing cabal-install refers to editing nonexistent file
$HOME/.cabal/config
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  Reporter:  nr                  |        Owner:         
      Type:  defect              |       Status:  new    
  Priority:  normal              |    Milestone:         
 Component:  cabal-install tool  |      Version:  1.6.0.1
  Severity:  minor               |   Resolution:         
  Keywords:                      |   Difficulty:  unknown
Ghcversion:                      |     Platform:         
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Comment (by duncan):

 The config file gets created the first time you run any interesting
 command, like update or install.

 What do you think we should do about this situation? I updated the README
 recently so that it's a bit clearer that one should run update before
 editing the config file.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/542#comment:1>
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