diff --git a/tests/idris2/pkg/pkg006/expected b/tests/idris2/pkg/pkg006/expected
index d17441ede9..cc18e5e1af 100644
--- a/tests/idris2/pkg/pkg006/expected
+++ b/tests/idris2/pkg/pkg006/expected
@@ -1,7 +1,21 @@
 Error: Failed to resolve the dependencies for test3:
-  required foo >= 0.4 && < 0.5 but no matching version is installed
+  Required foo >= 0.4 && < 0.5 but no matching version is installed.
+
+Searched for packages in:
+  [...]/tests/idris2/pkg/pkg006/depends
+  [...]/tests/idris2/pkg/pkg006/prefix/idris2-0.7.0
+  [...]/build/env/idris2-0.7.0
+
+For more details on what packages Idris2 can locate, run `idris2 --list-packages`
 
 Error: Failed to resolve the dependencies for test4:
-  required baz any but no matching version is installed
+  Required baz any but no matching version is installed.
+
+Searched for packages in:
+  [...]/tests/idris2/pkg/pkg006/depends
+  [...]/tests/idris2/pkg/pkg006/prefix/idris2-0.7.0
+  [...]/build/env/idris2-0.7.0
+
+For more details on what packages Idris2 can locate, run `idris2 --list-packages`
 
 Warning: Deprecation warning: version numbers must now be of the form x.y.z
diff --git a/tests/idris2/pkg/pkg006/run b/tests/idris2/pkg/pkg006/run
index beaf656a1b..bbc26aae71 100755
--- a/tests/idris2/pkg/pkg006/run
+++ b/tests/idris2/pkg/pkg006/run
@@ -7,11 +7,17 @@ for folder in ./depends/*; do
   mkdir -p "${folder}/${TTC_VERSION}"
 done
 
-idris2 --build test1.ipkg 2>&1
-idris2 --build test2.ipkg 2>&1
-idris2 --build test3.ipkg 2>&1
-idris2 --build test4.ipkg 2>&1
-idris2 --build test5.ipkg 2>&1
+TEST_PREFIX="$(cd ../../../.. && pwd)"
+
+fix_path() {
+  sed "s#$TEST_PREFIX#[...]#g" | windows_path_tweaks
+}
+
+idris2 --build test1.ipkg 2>&1 | fix_path
+idris2 --build test2.ipkg 2>&1 | fix_path
+idris2 --build test3.ipkg 2>&1 | fix_path
+idris2 --build test4.ipkg 2>&1 | fix_path
+idris2 --build test5.ipkg 2>&1 | fix_path
 
 for folder in ./depends/*; do
   rmdir "${folder}/${TTC_VERSION}"
diff --git a/tests/idris2/pkg/pkg015/expected b/tests/idris2/pkg/pkg015/expected
index 568616f01a..3a0f46bc75 100644
--- a/tests/idris2/pkg/pkg015/expected
+++ b/tests/idris2/pkg/pkg015/expected
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 Error: Failed to resolve the dependencies for test:
-  foo-0.2.0; baz-0.3.0; required quux any but no matching version is installed
-  foo-0.2.0; baz-0.2.0; bar-0.1.1; required baz < 0.2.0 but assigned version 0.2.0 which is out of bounds
-  foo-0.2.0; baz-0.2.0; bar-0.1.0; required prz > 0.1.0 but no matching version is installed
-  foo-0.1.0; required baz < 0.1.0 but no matching version is installed
+  Required quux any but no matching version is installed. Resolved transitive dependencies: foo-0.2.0; baz-0.3.0.
+  Required baz < 0.2.0 but only found version 0.2.0 which is out of bounds. Resolved transitive dependencies: foo-0.2.0; baz-0.2.0; bar-0.1.1.
+  Required prz > 0.1.0 but no matching version is installed. Resolved transitive dependencies: foo-0.2.0; baz-0.2.0; bar-0.1.0.
+  Required baz < 0.1.0 but no matching version is installed. Resolved transitive dependencies: foo-0.1.0.
+
+Searched for packages in:
+  [...]/tests/idris2/pkg/pkg015/depends
+  [...]/tests/idris2/pkg/pkg015/prefix/idris2-0.7.0
+  [...]/build/env/idris2-0.7.0
+
+For more details on what packages Idris2 can locate, run `idris2 --list-packages`
 
diff --git a/tests/idris2/pkg/pkg015/run b/tests/idris2/pkg/pkg015/run
index 8044398662..7e1eea2852 100644
--- a/tests/idris2/pkg/pkg015/run
+++ b/tests/idris2/pkg/pkg015/run
@@ -7,7 +7,13 @@ for folder in ./depends/*; do
   mkdir -p "${folder}/${TTC_VERSION}"
 done
 
-idris2 --build test.ipkg --log package.depends:10 2>&1
+TEST_PREFIX="$(cd ../../../.. && pwd)"
+
+fix_path() {
+  windows_path_tweaks | sed "s#$TEST_PREFIX#[...]#g"
+}
+
+idris2 --build test.ipkg --log package.depends:10 2>&1 | fix_path
 
 for folder in ./depends/*; do
   rmdir "${folder}/${TTC_VERSION}"
diff --git a/tests/idris2/pkg/pkg020/run b/tests/idris2/pkg/pkg020/run
index 3d917df4cd..cad7af7aa8 100755
--- a/tests/idris2/pkg/pkg020/run
+++ b/tests/idris2/pkg/pkg020/run
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
 . ../../../testutils.sh
 
-windows_tweaks() {
-  sed 's#C:.msys64##' | sed 's#\\#/#g'
-}
-
 # pretend Idris2 is installed at root for reproducible
 # installdirs:
 IDRIS2_PREFIX=/ idris2 --dump-installdir test.ipkg \
-  | windows_tweaks
+  | windows_path_tweaks
 
 # by contrast, the location containing all installed packages:
 IDRIS2_PREFIX=/ idris2 --libdir \
-  | windows_tweaks
+  | windows_path_tweaks
diff --git a/tests/testutils.sh b/tests/testutils.sh
index 91d1e867fd..6417479ed8 100755
--- a/tests/testutils.sh
+++ b/tests/testutils.sh
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ sed_literal() {
     printf '%s\n' "$1" | sed -e 's/[]\/$*.^[]/\\&/g'
 }
 
+windows_path_tweaks() {
+    sed 's#C:.msys64##' | sed 's#\\#/#g'
+}
+
 # used below to normalise machine names
 # shellcheck disable=SC2016
 _awk_clean_name='