Can't run tests with sdist -> bindist -> test

If you want to make source dist, compile it into bindist then run tests with the bindist, it fails.

    mk/get-win32-tarballs.sh download all
    ./boot
    ./configure "$@"
    make sdist
    mkdir -p sdist-build-dir
    pushd sdist-build-dir
    shopt -s extglob
    tar xvfJ ../sdistprep/ghc-*+([[:digit:]])-src.tar.xz sdist-build-dir
    cd ghc-*
    ./boot
    ./configure "$@"
    make -j$THREADS
    make binary-dist
    popd
    mkdir -p bdist-test-dir
    pushd bdist-test-dir
    tar xvfJ ../sdist-build-dir/ghc-*/ghc-*.tar.xz
    tar xvfJ ../sdistprep/ghc*testsuite.tar.xz
    cd ghc-*
    ./configure
    make test

I do not have the failure error on hand but it had to do with Haddock trying to read its version from .cabal file which was not included in the bindist/sdist. I have communicated this problem to Ben at the time and this ticket is just to track progress.

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Trac field	Value
Version	8.2.1
Type	Bug
TypeOfFailure	OtherFailure
Priority	normal
Resolution	Unresolved
Component	Build System
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