Flags combined in the wrong order when nested

[bos]

(Imported from Trac #684, reported by guest on 2010-05-08)

One explanation of this problem is here:

[http://www.mail-archive.com/cabal-devel@haskell.org/msg05939.html](http://www.mail-archive.com/cabal-devel@haskell.org/msg05939.html)

It would appear that when some flags are specified outside of an if-statement the are combined in a different order than when they are combined inside an if-statement.

I have confirmed that Brent's work around works on the darcs.cabal file.

[bos]

(Imported comment by @dcoutts on 2010-05-08)

As mentioned in the mailing list thread, the next step is for someone to investigate where the flags get reversed, in particular if it is before or after finalisePackageDescription.