[GHC] #4806: Make error message more user friendly when module is not found because package is unusable
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#4806: Make error message more user friendly when module is not found because
package is unusable
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Reporter: mitar | Owner: (none)
Type: feature request | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Compiler | Version: 7.0.1
Resolution: | Keywords: newcomer
Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture:
| Unknown/Multiple
Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case:
Blocked By: | Blocking:
Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s):
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Comment (by sgillespie):
I can seem to reproduce the issue by running
{{{
cabal sandbox init
cabal install MonadRandom
cabal exec -- ghc-pkg unregister --force fail
cabal repl
}}}
Then import anything from the now-unusable package
{{{
Prelude> :m + Control.Monad.Random
<no location info>: error:
Could not find module ‘Control.Monad.Random’
Perhaps you meant
Control.Monad.Reader (from mtl-2.2.2)
Control.Monad.Cont (from mtl-2.2.2)
Control.Monad.Error (from mtl-2.2.2)
}}}
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Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/4806#comment:23>
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