Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 18:55:19 -0400 From: Jason Hellenthal <jhellenthal@dataix.net> 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: <20120704225519.GB19945@DataIX.net> 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 Wed, Jul 04, 2012 at 03:08:45PM -0700, 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. > > > > 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? > Seeing as sudo plays a big part of this on the user end part I could see why someone would want to turn it off. But on the other hand it would be easy enough ... sudo wise ... to designate a %installgroup of users that install suggestions would be available to. So this shouldn't be a problem for those that want to disable it or never use it. Without in-depth knowledge of how it works I could suggest that shell completion and checking return codes from interactive shell commands has a lot to do with it and passing "the right stuff" to sudo. Ill have to look deeper into Fedora when I get a chance at some point. -- - (2^(N-1))
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