Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 00:10:17 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Subject: Re: Pull in upstream before 9.1 code freeze? Message-ID: <62039A45-92E4-4588-988D-6DF39D7B01E5@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <4FF4BEED.10103@FreeBSD.org> References: <CA%2BQLa9B-Dm-=hQCrbEgyfO4sKZ5aG72_PEFF9nLhyoy4GRCGrA@mail.gmail.com> <4FF2E00E.2030502@FreeBSD.org> <86bojxow6x.fsf@ds4.des.no> <4FF35864.5030109@FreeBSD.org> <CAC8HS2Hx%2BqV1zYSzyM6wYzbyA6BStd3HEwc-VDhv40DHM=qCvw@mail.gmail.com> <CAOjFWZ5ikPz_yDhEQutiXVG354qRHYJTn-M_S4Cx-=YRgFP7eQ@mail.gmail.com> <20120704185104.GA42355@DataIX.net> <4FF4B36A.2040608@FreeBSD.org> <20120704180134.7c649e1b@bhuda.mired.org> <4FF4BEED.10103@FreeBSD.org>
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On Jul 4, 2012, at 4:08 PM, Doug Barton wrote: > On 07/04/2012 15:01, Mike Meyer wrote: >> On Wed, 04 Jul 2012 14:19:38 -0700 >> Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >>> On 07/04/2012 11:51, Jason Hellenthal wrote: >>>> What would be really nice here is a command wrapper hooked into the >>>> shell so that when you type a command and it does not exist it = presents >>>> you with a question for suggestions to install somewhat like Fedora = has >>>> done. >>> I would also like to see this feature, which is pretty much = universal in >>> linux at this point. It's very handy. >>=20 >> I, on the other hand, count it as one of the many features of Linux >> that make me use FreeBSD. >=20 > First, I agree that being able to turn it off should be possible. But = I > can't help being curious ... why would you *not* want a feature that > tells you what to install if you type a command that doesn't exist on > the system? Because I find on Linux it often gets it wrong and winds up being = useless noise. Mostly, though, it is because I mistype commands more = than I type commands that should be there, but aren't. Warner
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