More helpful error-message than "The exception was: ExitFailure 1"
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re: error-message
type: enhancement
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Description
Hi!
This is a proposal to make life little easier for beginners. I don't know how much work this would require, wanted to discuss possible solutions before looking into.
Currently, it's very common to see error like this when compilation fails:
```
somepackage-4.0 failed during the building phase. The exception was:
ExitFailure 1
```
I just figured out that I was so used to it that almost thought of it as a "normal thing". But it isn't, and I'd like to discuss possible enhancements to this, especially from people who are familiar with cabal's code-base.
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