yarn-plugin: expand error message when package is missing from version manifest

Signed-off-by: MT Lewis <mtlewis@users.noreply.github.com>
2024-06-04 16:39:07 +01:00
parent acc7caa715
commit 95d7234e91
1 changed files with 8 additions and 1 deletions
@@ -86,7 +86,14 @@ export const getPackageVersion = async (descriptor: Descriptor) => {
  );

  if (!manifestEntry) {
-    throw new Error(`Package ${ident} not found in manifest`);
+    throw new Error(
+      `Package ${ident} not found in manifest for Backstage v${range.selector}. ` +
+        `This means the specified package is not included in this Backstage ` +
+        `release. This may imply the package has been replaced with an alternative - ` +
+        `please review the documentation for the package. If you need to continue ` +
+        `using this package, it will be necessary to switch to manually managing its ` +
+        `version.`,
+    );
  }

  return manifestEntry.version;