[Hackage] #599: bootstrap of cabal-install fails on ghc 6.12rc1

[Hackage]

#599: bootstrap of cabal-install fails on ghc 6.12rc1
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  Reporter:  guest          |        Owner:         
      Type:  defect         |       Status:  closed 
  Priority:  normal         |    Milestone:         
 Component:  Cabal library  |      Version:  1.8.0.4
  Severity:  major          |   Resolution:  invalid
  Keywords:                 |   Difficulty:  unknown
Ghcversion:  6.12.2         |     Platform:  Linux  
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Changes (by duncan):

  * status:  reopened => closed
  * resolution:  => invalid


Comment:

 Hold on, you're using an old version of cabal-install that does not work
 with ghc-6.12.

 Looking at the start of the build log:
 {{{
 Cabal-1.6.0.2 will be downloaded and installed.
 HTTP-4000.0.4 will be downloaded and installed.
 zlib-0.5.0.0 will be downloaded and installed.
 }}}
 Cabal-1.6 is for ghc-6.10, it does not work with 6.12. If you're using
 ghc-6.12 you need cabal-install-0.8 which uses the Cabal library 1.8
 (which comes with ghc-6.12).

 It would have been better if it had warned that this was a later major
 version of ghc, but it's a bit late now. We could do this for future
 releases however.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/599#comment:7>
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