#3168: Unhelpful error message about "hidden" packages
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Reporter: simonpj | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.12.1
Component: Compiler | Version: 6.10.2
Severity: normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Difficulty: Easy (1 hr)
Testcase: | Os: Unknown/Multiple
Architecture: Unknown/Multiple |
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Changes (by simonpj):
* difficulty: Unknown => Easy (1 hr)
* milestone: => 6.12.1
Comment:
I think this is readily fixable. Line 601 of Finder.lhs has
{{{
pkg_hidden pkg =
ptext (sLit "it is a member of the hidden package") <+> quotes
(ppr pkg)
}}}
I suggest instead:
{{{
"Since it is a member of package bytestring-0.9.1.4,
perhaps you intended to say '-package bytestring',
or (if using Cabal) perhaps you omitted 'bytestring' from the
build-depends in your .cabal file."
}}}
If there are multiple hidden packages that contain the module, we probably
don't want all this blurb for each one; but some simple rewording should
do, and all the info is available in `Finder.cantFindError`.
Better wordings welcome.
Simon
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