Cryptic error when a package does not exist

[bos]

(Imported from Trac #228, reported by guest on 2008-02-01)

$ cabal install foo
cabal: user error (Unresolved dependencies: foo -any)

I expect a clearer error message here. Not sure about the exact wording, maybe »No such package available: foo« or »No such package to fetch: foo«.

[bos]

(Imported comment by @dcoutts on 2008-02-01)

Already fixed in development version:

$ cabal install foo
cabal: There is no package named foo

I can highly recommend upgrading to the development version. There are many improvements.