id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	difficulty	ghcversion	platform
833	Cabal mangles exceptions	igloo		"Cabal mangles exceptions, e.g.:
{{{
$ ""utils/ghc-cabal/dist/build/tmp/ghc-cabal"" install ""/home/ian/ghc/git/ghc/bindisttest/install dir/lib/ghc-7.1.20110421/ghc"" ""/home/ian/ghc/git/ghc/bindisttest/install dir/lib/ghc-7.1.20110421/ghc-pkg"" "":"" ""/home/ian/ghc/git/ghc/bindisttest/install dir/lib/ghc-7.1.20110421"" libraries/ghc-prim dist-install '' '/home/ian/ghc/git/ghc/bindisttest/install dir' '/home/ian/ghc/git/ghc/bindisttest/install dir/lib/ghc-7.1.20110421' '/home/ian/ghc/git/ghc/bindisttest/install dir/share/doc/ghc/html/libraries'
Installing library in /home/ian/ghc/git/ghc/bindisttest/install
dir/lib/ghc-7.1.20110421/ghc-prim-0.2.0.0
ghc-cabal: /home/ian/ghc/git/ghc/bindisttest/install
dir/lib/ghc-7.1.20110421/settings: openFile: does not exist (No such file or
directory)
}}}
where a space in the filename has been replaced with a '\n'. This can be very confusing!

It looks like `Distribution.Simple.Utils.topHandler` / `wrapText` is the culprit.
"	defect	new	normal		Cabal library	HEAD	normal				unknown