Improve missing backend error - #1115
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Looks good. I just need a number of minor changes first.
Co-authored-by: Alex Grönholm <alex.gronholm@nextday.fi>
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Fixes #.
Right now when you have a backend like
trioinBACKENDSbut it is not installed, the error says:This is a bit confusing because
triois a valid backend, it is just not installed. I changed it to tell the user what to do instead:The fix uses the already existing
BACKENDSconstant to check if the backend is known but just not installed, and gives a different message for that case.Checklist
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