Cabal: Unrecognized stanza

[tsoernes]

Hi,

I installed the full platform package with GHC 7.10.3. When i run cabal update this happens:

Warning: C:\Users\x\AppData\Roaming\cabal\config: Unrecognized stanza
on line 14
Warning: No remote package servers have been specified. Usually you would have
one specified in the config file.

The cabal config on line 14 and onwards reads:

repository hackage.haskell.org
  url: http://hackage.haskell.org/
  -- secure: False
  -- root-keys:
  -- key-threshold:

[23Skidoo]

Looks like you have a new style config from a previous installation left over which you're trying to use with an old version of cabal-install. Simply delete the config file and run cabal update.

[tsoernes]

Thank you that solves the problem.

[b-mehta]

Hi, I'm having this exact issue, but deleting the config file and running cabal update doesn't fix it for me.