I have Win 10 @ x64 computer. I installed Haskell Platform (HP) 8.0.1, but then realized that the package I need have troubles when building with GHC 8. So I uninstalled HP 8 and installed HP 7.10.3 instead. The config file in cabal directory remained from 8-installation, so I removed it manually (as cabal from 7.10.3 couldn't parse it).
Now I have problem cabal-installing any package which implies building executable file. See example of building cheapskate below. I had very similar messages when building yaml, so I guess there is nothing specific to package itself. Just as I say the problem with any package installing executable.
Linking dist\build\cheapskate\cheapskate.exe ...
C:/Program Files/Haskell Platform/7.10.3/mingw/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lHSxss-sanitize-0.3.5.7-HScF09TDCPn9q2HNPyr3jY
C:/Program Files/Haskell Platform/7.10.3/mingw/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lHSutf8-string-1.0.1.1-L8eKHa7Iv9q7FVKUYW6u4b
C:/Program Files/Haskell Platform/7.10.3/mingw/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lHStagsoup-0.14-LkUWVoqDDljLCcz7bB5oLY
C:/Program Files/Haskell Platform/7.10.3/mingw/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lHScss-text-0.1.2.1-EIrTNZIusX93HMVzZkp9UD
C:/Program Files/Haskell Platform/7.10.3/mingw/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lHSuniplate-1.6.12-DgRHum07M0vBMdvTsdo5gV
C:/Program Files/Haskell Platform/7.10.3/mingw/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lHSdata-default-0.7.1.1-3MPp9dYgnh90NQDAZx5NXx
C:/Program Files/Haskell Platform/7.10.3/mingw/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lHSdata-default-instances-old-locale-0.0.1-K6L8Um6XgJK7vZZFbrTNny
C:/Program Files/Haskell Platform/7.10.3/mingw/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lHSdata-default-instances-dlist-0.0.1-H5f5Qu8KYxpJlVdwCzbtAY
C:/Program Files/Haskell Platform/7.10.3/mingw/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lHSdlist-0.7.1.2-AO7XAasbAeyL0XLKeq1Aui
C:/Program Files/Haskell Platform/7.10.3/mingw/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lHSdata-default-instances-containers-0.0.1-Lel7wFldMDA1Zs74nVWKYF
C:/Program Files/Haskell Platform/7.10.3/mingw/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lHSdata-default-class-0.1.2.0-4JL8mCHvyuoKtdHwhiuMnt
C:/Program Files/Haskell Platform/7.10.3/mingw/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lHSblaze-html-0.8.1.1-89cVIlB12sFJRMi1lQAdfn
C:/Program Files/Haskell Platform/7.10.3/mingw/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lHSblaze-markup-0.7.0.3-7gHcQviMQE9GGsKcO1ZT0j
C:/Program Files/Haskell Platform/7.10.3/mingw/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lHSblaze-builder-0.4.0.2-4HkRnVv5mkB1jlZDT6uaGq
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
cheapskate-0.1.0.5 failed during the building phase. The exception was:
ExitFailure 1
