[Hackage] #759: please clarify/document --remote-repo

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#759: please clarify/document --remote-repo
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  Reporter:  claus               |        Owner:         
      Type:  defect              |       Status:  new    
  Priority:  normal              |    Milestone:         
 Component:  cabal-install tool  |      Version:  1.8.0.6
  Severity:  normal              |     Keywords:         
Difficulty:  unknown             |   Ghcversion:         
  Platform:                      |  
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Comment(by duncan):

 I think the better solution for this use case is ticket #524 which is
 about making this possible:
 {{{
 cabal install http://code.haskell.org/~user/foo/foo-0.9.tar.gz
 }}}

 The problem with `--remote-repo` for this use case is that it creates a
 persistent local cache, which is not what you would want for a one-off
 command.

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