Revert "Merge pull request #10534

[ulysses4ever]

This reverts commit 8974189, reversing changes made to 41f5e57 as suggested in #11810 (comment)

I assume this patch doesn't change a behaviour of any released cabal, so Template B is appropriate.

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Template B: This PR does not modify behaviour or interface

E.g. the PR only touches documentation or tests, does refactorings, etc.

Include the following checklist in your PR:

• Patches conform to the coding conventions.
• Is this a PR that fixes CI? If so, it will need to be backported to older cabal release branches (ask maintainers for directions).

[Bodigrim]

The commit message says "This reverts commit 8974189, reversing changes made to 41f5e57". What does reverting 8974189 has to do with 41f5e57?

[ulysses4ever]

What is going on with the failing test??

[ulysses4ever]

@Bodigrim, this commit message was automatically generated by Git. On one hand, I don't understand it as well. On the other hand, I didn't want to edit something that Git produces + merge commits are magic anyways. If you propose we cut the ending, I can do it. Do you?

[ulysses4ever]

ftr the command was git revert -m 1 8974189e4

[Bodigrim]

OK, got it. Sorry for confusion, I think I never used git revert with -m, so the commit message looked unfamiliar.

[zlonast]

you have a error

  stderr:
  --- /tmp/cabal-testsuite-116937/cabal.dist/cabal.out.normalized	2026-05-12 22:31:34.659904940 +0000
  +++ /tmp/cabal-testsuite-116937/cabal.dist/cabal.comp.out.normalized	2026-05-12 22:31:34.659758187 +0000
  @@ -11,5 +11,5 @@
   Error: [Cabal-7554]
   can't find source for MyDummy in ., cabal.dist/work/./dist/build/<ARCH>/ghc-<GHCVER>/MainIsExe-0.1/x/Exe/build/Exe/autogen, cabal.dist/work/./dist/build/<ARCH>/ghc-<GHCVER>/MainIsExe-0.1/x/Exe/build/global-autogen
   CallStack (from HasCallStack):
  -  dieWithException, called at src/Distribution/Simple/PreProcess.hs:315:13 in Cabal-3.17.0.0-inplace:Distribution.Simple.PreProcess
  +  dieWithException, called at src/Distribution/Simple/PreProcess.hs:311:11 in Cabal-3.17.0.0-inplace:Distribution.Simple.PreProcess

I think this could have had an impact? #11703

+ Error: [Cabal-7125]
+ Failed to build MainIsExe-0.1-inplace-Exe. The exception was:
+   -----BEGIN CABAL OUTPUT-----
Error: [Cabal-7554]
can't find source for MyDummy in ., cabal.dist/work/./dist/build/<ARCH>/ghc-<GHCVER>/MainIsExe-0.1/x/Exe/build/Exe/autogen, cabal.dist/work/./dist/build/<ARCH>/ghc-<GHCVER>/MainIsExe-0.1/x/Exe/build/global-autogen
- Error: [Cabal-7125]
- Failed to build MainIsExe-0.1-inplace-Exe.
+ CallStack (from HasCallStack):
+   dieWithException, called at src/Distribution/Simple/PreProcess.hs:315:13 in Cabal-3.17.0.0-inplace:Distribution.Simple.PreProcess
+ 

I think it's just worth changing cabal.out for MainIsExe

[ulysses4ever]

thanks a lot @zlonast , will try in a moment