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)
Trac metadata
| Trac field | Value |
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| Version | 7.4.1 |
| Type | FeatureRequest |
| TypeOfFailure | OtherFailure |
| Priority | normal |
| Resolution | Unresolved |
| Component | Compiler |
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