[perl #119907] Add module name to "Can't locate ..." error message?

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This is a bug report for perl from l.mai@web.de,
generated with the help of perlbug 1.39 running under perl 5.18.1.


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[Please describe your issue here]

% perl -e 'use Foo::Bar::Baz'
Can't locate Foo/Bar/Baz.pm in @INC (@INC contains: ...) at -e line 1.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at -e line 1.

This message sometimes confuses people who are new to Perl (or just want to run
an application written in Perl). Would it be possible to add "Do you need to
install Foo::Bar::Baz?" or some other text that mentions the module name
somewhere?

Something like:
- Can't locate Foo/Bar/Baz.pm in @INC (@INC contains: ...) at -e line 1. Do you need to install Foo::Bar::Baz?
- Can't locate Foo/Bar/Baz.pm in @INC (@INC contains: ...) (do you need to install Foo::Bar::Baz?) at -e line 1.

Would this break anything? Also, suggestions regarding the wording welcome.

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Flags:
    category=core
    severity=wishlist
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This perlbug was built using Perl 5.12.1 - Thu Jun  3 20:09:15 CEST 2010
It is being executed now by  Perl 5.18.1 - Tue Aug 13 07:08:47 CEST 2013.

Site configuration information for perl 5.18.1:

Configured by mauke at Tue Aug 13 07:08:47 CEST 2013.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 18 subversion 1) configuration:
   
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=3.5.7-gentoo, archname=i686-linux
    uname='linux nora 3.5.7-gentoo #5 preempt sat jan 26 16:46:10 cet 2013 i686 amd athlon(tm) 64 processor 3200+ authenticamd gnulinux '
    config_args=''
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    useithreads=undef, usemultiplicity=undef
    useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=undef
    use64bitint=undef, use64bitall=undef, uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='cc', ccflags ='-fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64',
    optimize='-O2 -flto',
    cppflags='-fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector -I/usr/local/include'
    ccversion='', gccversion='4.8.1', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12
    ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=4, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='cc', ldflags ='-O2 -flto -fstack-protector -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib/../lib /usr/lib/../lib /lib /usr/lib
    libs=-lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc -lgdbm_compat
    perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc
    libc=/lib/libc-2.15.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
    gnulibc_version='2.15'
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E'
    cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -O2 -flto -L/usr/local/lib -fstack-protector'

Locally applied patches:
    SAVEARGV0 - disable magic open in <ARGV>

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@INC for perl 5.18.1:
    /home/mauke/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.18.1/i686-linux
    /home/mauke/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.18.1
    /home/mauke/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.18.1/i686-linux
    /home/mauke/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.18.1
    .

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Environment for perl 5.18.1:
    HOME=/home/mauke
    LANG=en_US.UTF-8
    LANGUAGE (unset)
    LC_COLLATE=POSIX
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/mauke/usr/local/lib
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=/home/mauke/usr/perlbrew/bin:/home/mauke/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.6.3:/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.13/bin:/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.13/jre/bin:/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.13/jre/javaws:/opt/dmd/bin:/usr/games/bin
    PERLBREW_BASHRC_VERSION=0.43
    PERLBREW_HOME=/home/mauke/.perlbrew
    PERLBREW_PATH=/home/mauke/usr/perlbrew/bin
    PERLBREW_ROOT=/home/mauke/usr/perlbrew
    PERLBREW_VERSION=0.27
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    PERL_UNICODE=SAL
    SHELL=/bin/bash

• [perl #119907] Add module name to "Can't locate ..." error message? by l . mai @ web . de
• Re: [perl #119907] Add module name to "Can't locate ..." error message? by Renee B
• Re: [perl #119907] Add module name to "Can't locate ..." errormessage? by Paul Johnson
• [perl #119907] Add module name to "Can't locate ..." error message? by Father Chrysostomos via RT