Just to let everyone know, I've branched Cabal for a 1.2 release. Cabal 1.2 branch: http://darcs.haskell.org/cabal-branches/cabal-1.2/ Cabal HEAD branch: http://darcs.haskell.org/cabal/ The version number in the 1.2 branch is still 1.1.7, we'll make a 1.2.0 release from this branch soon. The intention is that GHC 6.8.1 RC will use Cabal 1.2 Duncan