[Hackage] #749: Package check cannot handle byte-order-mark in .cabal file

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#749: Package check cannot handle byte-order-mark in .cabal file
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  Reporter:  guest          |        Owner:         
      Type:  defect         |       Status:  new    
  Priority:  normal         |    Milestone:         
 Component:  Cabal library  |      Version:  1.8.0.6
  Severity:  normal         |     Keywords:         
Difficulty:  unknown        |   Ghcversion:         
  Platform:  Windows        |  
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 When I edit a .cabal file with Notepad (Windows XP) and save it as UTF-8,
 Notepad writes a byte-order-mark at the start of the file. When testing
 the package for upload, I got the message:
   400 Error in upload
   line 1: unrecognised field or section: "\65279Name:           GeBoP"

 Henk-Jan van Tuyl

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