Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 20:37:11 -0400 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: <hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Better error messages for command not found (was Re: Pull in upstream before 9.1 code freeze?) Message-ID: <20120704203711.2732b645@bhuda.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <4FF4E105.50502@FreeBSD.org> References: <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> <20120704225519.GB19945@DataIX.net> <4FF4CAD1.8080804@FreeBSD.org> <20120704234104.GA392@DataIX.net> <8E9DECBB-3D1E-4129-A958-9DB0DF69ECC3@kientzle.com> <4FF4E105.50502@FreeBSD.org>
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On Wed, 04 Jul 2012 17:34:13 -0700 Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > As a first prototype, the database could just be a text file > > and the look up program could be a shell script that uses > > grep and sed. > Right-O. The db should almost certainly be updated and distributed as > part of the (already automated) INDEX generation and distribution process. There are already tools in the ports tree that do the search. Personally, I use portsearch. Tweaking them to use INDEX (or tweaking the makefile to generate their database with INDEX) should be straightforward. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/ Independent Software developer/SCM consultant, email for more information. O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org
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