[ ghc-Bugs-681062 ] Confusing Error Message if package-name is omitted

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Bugs item #681062, was opened at 2003-02-05 18:09
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Category: Driver
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Wolfgang Thaller (wthaller)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Confusing Error Message if package-name is omitted

Initial Comment:
I compiled a library as a GHC package without adding the appropriate package-name flag to the ghc command line.
When trying to compile a module that used the package, ghc complained that it couldn't find package "Main".

This happens with the HEAD. With GHC 5.04 it (seemingly) was no problem to leave out the -package-name specifier.

Why is the -package-name flag needed at all?

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