On Sat, 27 Dec 2014 19:19:29 +0100
Joachim Breitner <[email protected]> wrote:

> > >> If so, we could mark the affected packages and teach the devscripts
> > >> to compile them with the right version.
> > > 
> > > Note that descripts never call cabal. Cabal is purely a user tool…
> > 
> > It calls Setup.hs then, right (after compiling it)?  This should be the 
> > same case.
> 
> Only with build-type custom. Which, I guess, hgettext-using packages
> are...

I just checked hgettext and saw that it has build-type simple.
What do the devscripts do in this case?

> But I would expect cabal-install to explicitly constrain it to
> use the right version of Cabal.
> 
> Did you actually reproduce the issue?
> 
> Also, I’m not sure if this problem is Debian-specific. Shouldn’t
> “normal” users be affected as well?

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