#6119: complain when ghc-pkg doesn't find any matching packages in a given database ------------------------------+--------------------------------------------- Reporter: dmwit | Owner: Type: feature request | Status: new Priority: normal | Component: Compiler Version: 7.4.1 | Keywords: Os: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple Failure: None/Unknown | Testcase: Blockedby: | Blocking: Related: | ------------------------------+--------------------------------------------- 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) }}} -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/6119> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-bugs mailing list Glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-bugs