[Hackage] #542: installing cabal-install refers to editing nonexistent file $HOME/.cabal/config

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#542: installing cabal-install refers to editing nonexistent file
$HOME/.cabal/config
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  Reporter:  nr                  |        Owner:         
      Type:  defect              |       Status:  new    
  Priority:  normal              |    Milestone:         
 Component:  cabal-install tool  |      Version:  1.6.0.1
  Severity:  minor               |     Keywords:         
Difficulty:  unknown             |   Ghcversion:         
  Platform:                      |  
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 {{{cabal --help}}} invites me to edit a file that doesn't exist, and I
 can't easily find documentation for the file:
 {{{
 : nr at homedog 5520 ; cabal --help
 This program is the command line interface to the Haskell Cabal
 infrastructure.
  ...

 You can edit the cabal configuration file to set defaults:
   /home/nr/.cabal/config
 : nr at homedog 5521 ; ls -l   /home/nr/.cabal/config
 ls: cannot access /home/nr/.cabal/config: No such file or directory
 }}}

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