[Hackage] #545: Uninformative error message when cabal-install fails on WinXP

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#545: Uninformative error message when cabal-install fails on WinXP
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  Reporter:  abayley             |        Owner:         
      Type:  defect              |       Status:  new    
  Priority:  normal              |    Milestone:         
 Component:  cabal-install tool  |      Version:  1.6.0.1
  Severity:  normal              |     Keywords:         
Difficulty:  unknown             |   Ghcversion:         
  Platform:                      |  
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 "cabal install binary" fails on my WinXP machine with this error:

 Resolving dependencies...
 Downloading binary-0.4.4...
 cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
 binary-0.4.4 failed while downloading the package.

 Suspect it's related to proxy configuration, but the error message could
 be more informative.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/545>
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