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complain when ghc-pkg doesn't find any matching packages in a given database

Currently, ghc-pkg list will print something like the following when no package matches a query:

$ ghc-pkg list blargle
/usr/local/lib/ghc-7.4.1/package.conf.d

This is a deceptive answer for newcomers, because they assume that this means the package was successfully found, and lives in /usr/local/lib/ghc-7.4.1/package.conf.d. It would be nice if the message explicitly mentioned that the result list was actually empty; for example:

$ ghc-pkg list blargle
/usr/local/lib/ghc-7.4.1/package.conf.d
    (no matching packages found in this database)
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Version 7.4.1
Type FeatureRequest
TypeOfFailure OtherFailure
Priority normal
Resolution Unresolved
Component Compiler
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