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Nonsensical error message

$ cat >dune-project <<EOF
> (lang dune 3.21)
> EOF

$ cat >dune <<EOF
> (library
> (name bar)
> (libraries (abc123 foo)))
> EOF

$ dune build
File "dune", line 3, characters 12-24:
3 | (libraries (abc123 foo)))
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Error: This syntax is available only when oxcaml is enabled in the
dune-project file. You must enable it using (using oxcaml 0.1) in your
dune-project file.
Note however that oxcaml is experimental and might change without notice in
the future.
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