If a `name_mapper` points to a non-existent file, it should tell user that the mapped path doesn't exist (instead of the original path)
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Description
```
module.name_mapper='.*\.css$' -> '/css-modules-stub.js.flow'
```
```
import foo from `foo.css`
```
Flow version: 0.91.
## Expected behavior
Error should say:
```
Cannot find module 'foo.css' (after it was remapped to '/css-modules-stub.js.flow', check your .flowconfig mapper paths exist)
```
## Actual behavior
```
Cannot find module 'foo.css'
```
Related: https://github.com/facebook/flow/issues/3889
---
Another example:
```
module.name_mapper='debug' -> 'empty/object'
```
If `empty/object` doesn't exist, there is no message to say that is the cause of `Cannot resolve module 'debug'` error.
---
There are many cases where name_mapper breaks things by the user wouldn't know. Try this to show the errors that are generated:
```
module.name_mapper='.*' -> '/some-empty-stub.js'
```
Then you get errors like this:
```
Cannot import Component because there is no Component export in react. Did you mean import Component from "..."?
```
But the cause is that the name_mapper has mapped to a file that doesn't export anything.
# Related
- https://github.com/facebook/flow/issues/1068
- [DUPE] https://github.com/facebook/flow/issues/1090
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