[Hackage] #688: adopt XDG basedir spec

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#688: adopt XDG basedir spec
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  Reporter:  guest               |        Owner:         
      Type:  enhancement         |       Status:  new    
  Priority:  low                 |    Milestone:         
 Component:  cabal-install tool  |      Version:  1.8.0.4
  Severity:  normal              |     Keywords:         
Difficulty:  hard (< 1 day)      |   Ghcversion:  6.10.4 
  Platform:  Linux               |  
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Comment(by guest):

 > we should open another ticket on providing extended help for the global
 flags
 This is now tracked in #690.

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