[Hackage] #489: cabal install failed to install happy automatically, needed a nudge

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#489: cabal install failed to install happy automatically, needed a nudge
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  Reporter:  luntain        |        Owner:         
      Type:  defect         |       Status:  new    
  Priority:  normal         |    Milestone:         
 Component:  Cabal library  |      Version:  1.6.0.1
  Severity:  normal         |     Keywords:         
Difficulty:  unknown        |   Ghcversion:         
  Platform:                 |  
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 Installing hlint failed on the package: haskell-src-exts-0.4.8. It
 complained about missing happy. I installed happy using *cabal install*,
 and then cabal install hlint worked fine.

 luntain at plato ~ $ cabal --version
 cabal-install version 0.6.0
 using version 1.6.0.1 of the Cabal library

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