From: Aditya Alok <dev.aditya.alok@gmail.com>

Signed-off-by: Aditya Alok <dev.aditya.alok@gmail.com>

--- Cabal-3.6.2.0/src/Distribution/Simple.hs	2001-09-09 07:16:40.000000000 +0530
+++ Cabal-3.6.2.0-patch/src/Distribution/Simple.hs	2022-02-17 23:18:09.477872143 +0530
@@ -108,10 +108,20 @@
 import Distribution.Compat.Environment      (getEnvironment)
 import Distribution.Compat.GetShortPathName (getShortPathName)

-import Data.List       (unionBy, (\\))
+import Data.List       (unionBy, drop, take, isInfixOf, (\\))

 import Distribution.PackageDescription.Parsec

+correctHostTriplet :: String -> String
+correctHostTriplet s = do
+    if isInfixOf "-android" s
+      then
+        let arch = take (length s -8) ( drop 0 s ) -- drop "-android"
+        in
+          if arch == "arm" then "armv7a" else arch ++ "-linux-"
+            ++ if arch == "arm" then "androideabi" else "android"
+      else s
+
 -- | A simple implementation of @main@ for a Cabal setup script.
 -- It reads the package description file using IO, and performs the
 -- action specified on the command line.
@@ -722,7 +732,7 @@
       overEnv = ("CFLAGS", Just cflagsEnv) :
                 [("PATH", Just pathEnv) | not (null extraPath)]
       hp = hostPlatform lbi
-      maybeHostFlag = if hp == buildPlatform then [] else ["--host=" ++ show (pretty hp)]
+      maybeHostFlag = if hp == buildPlatform then [] else ["--host=" ++ correctHostTriplet (show (pretty hp))]
       args' = configureFile':args ++ ["CC=" ++ ccProgShort] ++ maybeHostFlag
       shProg = simpleProgram "sh"
       progDb = modifyProgramSearchPath