[Hackage] #922: “lexical error (UTF-8 decoding error)” in WIndows 7

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#922: “lexical error (UTF-8 decoding error)” in WIndows 7
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  Reporter:  hamukazu            |        Owner:       
      Type:  defect              |       Status:  new  
  Priority:  normal              |    Milestone:       
 Component:  cabal-install tool  |      Version:  HEAD 
  Severity:  minor               |     Keywords:  UTF-8
Difficulty:  unknown             |   Ghcversion:       
  Platform:  Windows             |  
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 ==== Symptom ====
 When I type
 > cabal install cabal
 it fails with the following error:
 > Distribution\Compat\Exception.hs:0:4: lexical error (UTF-8 decoding
 error)

 ==== Environment ====
 It happens with 64 bit version of Windows 7.

 It came to occur after I failed to install HXT. (I am not sure it is
 related.)

 ==== Workaround ====
 By setting
 > set LANG=C
 in command line, cabal comes to work.

 I regard this is just a workaround and this issue should be reported as a
 bug.

 ==== Related links ====
 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9371438/cabal-install-complains-built-
 in04-lexical-error-utf-8-decoding-error/9533205#9533205
 http://trac.haskell.org/network/ticket/43

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