Backport missed commits from #31408

internal/command/init.go

@@ -763,20 +763,6 @@ func (c *InitCommand) getProviders(config *configs.Config, state *states.State,
 				// but rather just emit a single general message about it at
 				// the end, by checking ctx.Err().
 
-			case providercache.ErrProviderChecksumMiss:
-				// This is a special kind of error that can often be fixed using
-				// the `terraform providers lock` command. We're just going to
-				// amend the actual error message with some extra information
-				// about how to fix this.
-
-				diags = diags.Append(tfdiags.Sourceless(
-					tfdiags.Error,
-					"Failed to install provider",
-					fmt.Sprintf("Error while installing %s v%s: %s\n\nYou can ensure the current platform, %s, is included in the dependency lock file by running: `terraform providers lock -provider=%s`.\n\nIf this does not fix the problem you may need to reset any provider caching present in your setup or make sure you are connecting to valid provider distributions.",
-						provider.ForDisplay(), version, err.Msg, err.Meta.TargetPlatform.String(), err.Meta.TargetPlatform.String(),
-					),
-				))
-
 			default:
 				// We can potentially end up in here under cancellation too,
 				// in spite of our getproviders.ErrRequestCanceled case above,

internal/getproviders/errors.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 
 	svchost "github.com/hashicorp/terraform-svchost"
+
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/internal/addrs"
 )
 

internal/providercache/installer_test.go

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	svchost "github.com/hashicorp/terraform-svchost"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-svchost/disco"
+
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/internal/addrs"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/internal/depsfile"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/internal/getproviders"
@@ -1401,7 +1402,7 @@ func TestEnsureProviderVersions(t *testing.T) {
 				beepProvider: getproviders.MustParseVersionConstraints(">= 1.0.0"),
 			},
 			WantErr: `some providers could not be installed:
-- example.com/foo/beep: the local package for example.com/foo/beep 1.0.0 doesn't match any of the checksums previously recorded in the dependency lock file (this might be because the available checksums are for packages targeting different platforms)`,
+- example.com/foo/beep: the local package for example.com/foo/beep 1.0.0 doesn't match any of the checksums previously recorded in the dependency lock file (this might be because the available checksums are for packages targeting different platforms); for more information: https://www.terraform.io/language/provider-checksum-verification`,
 			WantEvents: func(inst *Installer, dir *Dir) map[addrs.Provider][]*testInstallerEventLogItem {
 				return map[addrs.Provider][]*testInstallerEventLogItem{
 					noProvider: {
@@ -1447,7 +1448,7 @@ func TestEnsureProviderVersions(t *testing.T) {
 								Error   string
 							}{
 								"1.0.0",
-								`the local package for example.com/foo/beep 1.0.0 doesn't match any of the checksums previously recorded in the dependency lock file (this might be because the available checksums are for packages targeting different platforms)`,
+								`the local package for example.com/foo/beep 1.0.0 doesn't match any of the checksums previously recorded in the dependency lock file (this might be because the available checksums are for packages targeting different platforms); for more information: https://www.terraform.io/language/provider-checksum-verification`,
 							},
 						},
 					},

internal/providercache/package_install.go

@@ -116,13 +116,10 @@ func installFromLocalArchive(ctx context.Context, meta getproviders.PackageMeta,
 				meta.Provider, meta.Version, meta.Location, err,
 			)
 		} else if !matches {
-			return authResult, ErrProviderChecksumMiss{
-				Meta: meta,
-				Msg: fmt.Sprintf(
-					"the current package for %s %s doesn't match any of the checksums previously recorded in the dependency lock file",
-					meta.Provider, meta.Version,
-				),
-			}
+			return authResult, fmt.Errorf(
+				"the current package for %s %s doesn't match any of the checksums previously recorded in the dependency lock file; for more information: https://www.terraform.io/language/provider-checksum-verification",
+				meta.Provider, meta.Version,
+			)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -201,13 +198,10 @@ func installFromLocalDir(ctx context.Context, meta getproviders.PackageMeta, tar
 				meta.Provider, meta.Version, meta.Location, err,
 			)
 		} else if !matches {
-			return authResult, ErrProviderChecksumMiss{
-				Meta: meta,
-				Msg: fmt.Sprintf(
-					"the local package for %s %s doesn't match any of the checksums previously recorded in the dependency lock file (this might be because the available checksums are for packages targeting different platforms)",
-					meta.Provider, meta.Version,
-				),
-			}
+			return authResult, fmt.Errorf(
+				"the local package for %s %s doesn't match any of the checksums previously recorded in the dependency lock file (this might be because the available checksums are for packages targeting different platforms); for more information: https://www.terraform.io/language/provider-checksum-verification",
+				meta.Provider, meta.Version,
+			)
 		}
 	}