[Hackage] #551: cabal-install config file lacking

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#551: cabal-install config file lacking
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  Reporter:  guest               |        Owner:                   
      Type:  defect              |       Status:  new              
  Priority:  high                |    Milestone:  cabal-install-0.6
 Component:  cabal-install tool  |      Version:  1.6.0.1          
  Severity:  normal              |   Resolution:                   
  Keywords:                      |   Difficulty:  unknown          
Ghcversion:                      |     Platform:  Mac OS           
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Old description:

> 1. cabal-install can't work without a remote package server
> address.[[BR]]
> 2. this server should be specified in the ~/.cabal/config file.[[BR]]
> 3. cabal-install 0.6.2 does not provide such a file.[[BR]]
> 4. instructions on cabal-install page say that this file will be
> downloaded through a "cabal update" command.[[BR]]
> 5. however as no server is provided, "cabal update" can't download
> anything...[[BR]]
> 6. Goto step 2...[[BR]]

New description:

 1. cabal-install can't work without a remote package server address.[[BR]]
 2. this server should be specified in the ~/.cabal/config file.[[BR]]
 3. cabal-install 0.6.2 does not provide such a file.[[BR]]
 4. instructions on cabal-install page say that this file will be
 downloaded through a "cabal update" command.[[BR]]
 5. however as no server is provided, "cabal update" can't download
 anything...[[BR]]
 6. Goto step 2...[[BR]]

 So now I have cabal-install, but it just does not do its work... Hence the
 "high" prority.

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