[GHC] #3739: ghc-cabal mishandles relative paths in arguments

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#3739: ghc-cabal mishandles relative paths in arguments
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              Reporter:  asuffield   |            Owner:
                  Type:  bug         |           Status:  closed
              Priority:  low         |        Milestone:  7.10.1
             Component:  Build       |          Version:
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            Resolution:  invalid     |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
      Operating System:              |       Difficulty:  Unknown
  Unknown/Multiple                   |       Blocked By:
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Changes (by thomie):

 * status:  new => closed
 * difficulty:   => Unknown
 * resolution:   => invalid


Comment:

 `ghc-cabal` is currently only used when
 [wiki:Building/Architecture/Idiom/Cabal building] ghc (maybe that was
 different 5 years ago?), and ghc builds just fine, so I think we can close
 this issue. Also note that ghc's dependency on Cabal is planned to be
 removed altogether (#8244).

 The cabal user problem of `--package-db` not handling relative paths was
 fixed in https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/1307. See
 [https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/1542 cabal #1542],
 [https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/462 cabal #462] for related cabal
 issues.

 Please re-open if I'm misunderstanding the problem here.

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