[Hackage] #651: Better error message when tarball is corrupt

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#651: Better error message when tarball is corrupt
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  Reporter:  guest               |        Owner:         
      Type:  enhancement         |       Status:  new    
  Priority:  normal              |    Milestone:         
 Component:  cabal-install tool  |      Version:  1.8.0.2
  Severity:  normal              |     Keywords:         
Difficulty:  easy (<4 hours)     |   Ghcversion:         
  Platform:  Linux               |  
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Comment(by guest):

 I believe (but have not confirmed) that I got the same message as well as
 a result of haskell.hackage.org being down.  I'd also vote for better
 error handling/messages.  (This happened for multiple versions, including
 1.8.0.4.

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