On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Ian <fitzpaid@tcd.ie> wrote:
    Expected type: Args
                   -> Distribution.Simple.Setup.BuildFlags
                   -> Distribution.PackageDescription.PackageDescription
                   -> Distribution.Simple.LocalBuildInfo.LocalBuildInfo
                   -> IO ()
      Actual type: Cabal-1.16.0.3:Distribution.Simple.UserHooks.Args
                   -> Cabal-1.16.0.3:Distribution.Simple.Setup.BuildFlags
                   -> Cabal-1.16.0.3:Distribution.PackageDescription.PackageDescription
                   -> Cabal-1.16.0.3:Distribution.Simple.LocalBuildInfo.LocalBuildInfo
                   -> IO ()

You have multiple versions of the Cabal library installed and they are conflicting somehow.  Later on you show Cabal-1.14.0 as the one built into cabal-install; make sure you are running the right cabal-install.  (Likely either you don't have $HOME/Library/Haskell/bin on $PATH, or it comes after /usr/bin, or you forgot to "hash -r" in any open shells after installing an updated cabal-install.)

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