cabal init -n fails when cabal is not in $PATH

[fgaz]

Describe the bug

cabal init -n fails when cabal is not in $PATH. seems like it wants to call itself?

cabal: readCreateProcessWithExitCode: posix_spawnp: does not exist (No such file or directory)

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Ensure cabal is not in $PATH

$ mkdir mypackage
$ cd mypackage
$ /path/to/cabal init -n

Expected behavior

The package is initialized

System information

• NixOS
• cabal 3ae0488
• GHC 9.4.8

Additional context