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From: Robert Vollmert <rob@vllmrt.net>
Subject: bug#38946: guix import fails for cabal-helper
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It appears that the guix cabal parser (in guix/import/cabal.scm) isn=E2=80=
=99t aware
of `common` stanzas.

=
https://www.haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/developing-packages.html#pkg-sec=
tion-common-common

Note that there=E2=80=99s quite a few issues with the cabal parser, and =
the format is pretty
baroque, to the extent that I wonder whether it wouldn=E2=80=99t be =
better to delegate the
parsing to cabal itself.

E.g.:

https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D35743
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D36690

I also remember some issue with braces instead of indentation, but =
can=E2=80=99t find a bug
report right now.