cabal no longer supports package version tags
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type: bug
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Description
(Imported from [Trac #900](http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/900), reported by guest on 2011-11-20)
The following cabal file below triggers an assertion fail on the second install:
$ cabal --versionOnly when I unregister the installed package via ghc-pkg unregister foobar I can configure the package again...
cabal-install version 0.13.3
using version 1.13.3 of the Cabal library
$ cabal install
Resolving dependencies...
Configuring foobar-0.2.0...
Building foobar-0.2.0...
Preprocessing library foobar-0.2.0...
[1 of 1] Compiling FooBar ( FooBar.hs, dist/build/FooBar.o )
[1 of 1] Compiling FooBar ( FooBar.hs, dist/build/FooBar.p_o )
Registering foobar-0.2.0...
Installing library in /home/hvr/.cabal/lib/foobar-0.2.0/ghc-7.2.2
Registering foobar-0.2.0...
$ cabal install
Resolving dependencies...
Configuring foobar-0.2.0...
cabal: Distribution/Simple/PackageIndex.hs:123:8-13: Assertion failed
The cabal file causing this behaviour:
name: foobarThe FooBar module is just a dummy empty module. This used to work previously, e.g. with
version: 0.2.0-git20111120
synopsis: none
license: BSD3
license-file: LICENSE
author: foo
maintainer: foo@bar
build-type: Simple
cabal-version: >=1.10
library
default-language: Haskell2010
exposed-modules: FooBar
build-depends: base
$ cabal-0.11.2 --version
cabal-install version 0.11.2
using version 1.12.0 of the Cabal library
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