ghci - improve error on hidden package
A user boldly types:
> import Data.Foo
<no location info>: error:
Could not find module ‘Data.Foo’
It is a member of the hidden package ‘package-foo-0.1.0.0@package-foo-0.1.0.0-5Itxx5SAgKEAspB2MHVKqi’.The above error message is rather useless for a newcomer to ghci. After lots of googling, the user figures that :set -v -package package-foo seems to solve it.
The original error should be:
> import Data.Foo
<no location info>: error:
Could not find module ‘Data.Foo’
It is a member of the hidden package ‘package-foo-0.1.0.0@package-foo-0.1.0.0-5Itxx5SAgKEAspB2MHVKqi’.
Try :set -package package-foo to make it visible.Or something like that.
Trac metadata
| Trac field | Value |
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| Version | 8.2.2 |
| Type | Bug |
| TypeOfFailure | OtherFailure |
| Priority | normal |
| Resolution | Unresolved |
| Component | GHCi |
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