#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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Comment(by duncan):
This is a temporary workaround for the fact that other tools cannot handle
the BOM in .cabal files. See ticket #714.
You can workaround the problem by not using the BOM for the .cabal UTF8
file.
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/749#comment:1>
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