Backport #11275: Preflight checks for 3.16.1.0

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Nothing much to do:

• I did not bump cabal-version as this is a minor release.
• I verified cabal build --allow-newer -cQuickCheck==2.17.1.0 … works with the relevant targets.

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• Patches conform to the coding conventions.
• Is this a PR that fixes CI? no If so, it will need to be backported to older cabal release branches (ask maintainers for directions).

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This is an automatic backport of pull request #11275 done by [Mergify](https://mergify.com).

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	both modified:   Cabal-QuickCheck/Cabal-QuickCheck.cabal
	both modified:   cabal-install/cabal-install.cabal

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