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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.
> 
> I, on the other hand, count it as one of the many features of Linux
> that make me use FreeBSD.

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?

Doug

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