"Use of GHC's environment variable GHC_PACKAGE_PATH is incompatible with Cabal" when running `Setup.hs test` should be a warning, not an error
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Description
**Describe the bug**
Cabal throws an error and refuses to proceed when `GHC_PACKAGE_PATH` is set when running the test suite, with this error:
```
Error: [Cabal-8123]
Use of GHC's environment variable GHC_PACKAGE_PATH is incompatible with Cabal. Use the flag --package-db to specify a package database (it can be used multiple times).
```
Previously, it would ignore this environment variable and the test suite would run normally.
**To Reproduce**
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
1. Use [this gist](https://gist.github.com/vaibhavsagar/a1b02e45f5164a1d9597f87f25331d6b).
2. Run the following commands:
```
$ nix-shell
[nix-shell] $ runghc Setup.hs configure --enable-tests
<...>
[nix-shell] $ runghc Setup.hs build
<...>
[nix-shell] $ GHC_PACKAGE_PATH="./dist/package.conf.inplace:$GHC_PACKAGE_PATH" runghc Setup.hs test
Error: [Cabal-8123]
Use of GHC's environment variable GHC_PACKAGE_PATH is incompatible with Cabal. Use the flag --package-db to specify a package database (it can be used multiple times).
```
**Expected behavior**
A warning is displayed but the test suite runs.
**System information**
- NixOS 24.05
- GHC 9.10.1, Cabal-3.12.0.0
**Additional context**
I was using a similar workflow in https://github.com/IHaskell/IHaskell and https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/312859 was introduced into Nixpkgs to work around this issue.
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