Comment how to usefully use bootstrapping.

Signed-off-by: Edward Z. Yang <[email protected]>
haskell · Jan 3, 2016 · dca1c96 · dca1c96
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diff --git a/Cabal/tests/PackageTests.hs b/Cabal/tests/PackageTests.hs
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ getPersistBuildConfig_ filename = do
       Left (ConfigStateFileBadVersion _ _ (Right lbi)) -> return lbi
       Left (ConfigStateFileBadVersion _ _ (Left err))
         -> error $ "We couldn't understand the build configuration.  Try " ++
-                   "building Cabal with a more recent version of itself " ++
-                   "and then running the test suite.\n\nOriginal error: " ++
+                   "editing Cabal.cabal to have 'build-type: Custom' " ++
+                   "and then rebuilding.\n\nOriginal error: " ++
                    show err
       Left err -> throw err
       Right lbi -> return lbi