[Hackage] #629: cabal-install getting $arch and $os mixed up?

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#629: cabal-install getting $arch and $os mixed up?
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  Reporter:  simonmar            |        Owner:      
      Type:  defect              |       Status:  new 
  Priority:  normal              |    Milestone:      
 Component:  cabal-install tool  |      Version:  HEAD
  Severity:  normal              |     Keywords:      
Difficulty:  unknown             |   Ghcversion:      
  Platform:  Linux               |  
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 In my .cabal/config I have

 {{{
 install-dirs user
   prefix: /home/simonmar/.cabal
   bindir: $prefix/bin/$arch-$os
   -- libdir: $prefix/lib
   libsubdir: $pkgid/$compiler/$arch-$os
   -- libexecdir: $prefix/libexec
   -- datadir: $prefix/share
   -- datasubdir: $pkgid
   -- docdir: $datadir/doc/$pkgid
   -- htmldir: $docdir/html
   -- haddockdir: $htmldir
 }}}

 I just cabal-installed darcs-beta, and it said:

 {{{
 Installing library in
 /home/simonmar/.cabal/lib/darcs-beta-2.3.98.3/ghc-6.12.1/linux-i386
 Installing executable(s) in /home/simonmar/.cabal/bin/linux-i386
 }}}

 so apparently it has got `$arc`h and `$os` interchanged.  I think this
 worked in the past, because I have a `~/.cabal/bin/i386-linux` directory
 with some executables in it.

 {{{
 $ cabal --version
 cabal-install version 0.8.0
 using version 1.8.0.2 of the Cabal library
 }}}

 PS. someone needs to add Cabal version 1.8 and GHC version 6.12.1 to the
 relevant Trac fields

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