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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?
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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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