[Hackage] #523: Config file not automatically generated if symlink-bindir is only item in config

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#523: Config file not automatically generated if symlink-bindir is only item in
config
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  Reporter:  guest          |        Owner:         
      Type:  defect         |       Status:  new    
  Priority:  normal         |    Milestone:         
 Component:  Cabal library  |      Version:  1.6.0.2
  Severity:  minor          |     Keywords:  config 
Difficulty:  unknown        |   Ghcversion:         
  Platform:                 |  
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 I just spent an hour trying to make cabal-install work. After reading the
 README, I specified the symlink-bindir in the config file. The file did
 not exist so I created it. Then, when I executed an update, cabal
 complained that there was no specified repos. I searched and could not
 find what variable I needed to define in the config file. Then, after
 skimming the cabal source code, I noticed that the config file is
 automatically generated if it does not exist. So I deleted it and now all
 is fine because it was automatically generated.

 So by following the README instructions by specifying a symlink-bindir
 variable in a config file I created, I was unable to make cabal work.

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