{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/cabal/issues/2575","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/cabal/issues/2575/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/cabal/issues/2575/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/cabal/issues/2575/events","html_url":"https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/2575","id":72989734,"number":2575,"title":"optionally install Cabal when bootsrapping in a sandbox","user":{"login":"accursoft","id":1681903,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1681903?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/accursoft","html_url":"https://github.com/accursoft","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/accursoft/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/accursoft/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/accursoft/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/accursoft/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/accursoft/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/accursoft/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/accursoft/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/accursoft/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/accursoft/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2015-05-04T10:50:31Z","updated_at":"2015-05-04T10:50:31Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I build cabal-install with `--sandbox` to avoid polluting the global/user package database. However, the Cabal package is special, and should be installed.\r\n\r\nAn extra option such as `--install-cabal=(global|user)` could install Cabal in conjunction with `--sandbox`."}}