From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 5 15:08:34 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5716106564A for ; Thu, 5 Jul 2012 15:08:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanegomi@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ob0-f182.google.com (mail-ob0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8041C8FC12 for ; Thu, 5 Jul 2012 15:08:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by obbun3 with SMTP id un3so16995245obb.13 for ; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 08:08:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=60VnytIId45nDEFNX1Fwq3kiLrFxPozk+/5Zr3ctu4g=; b=tiXapwQTguwO+nDTvH0LZ3Plvs5GFfp4O3xOlJp0D4wT7qCG0/Y7SXDzezXQbNBJqG YqW8FpB4dTUQ17vbwvsT0XyFmp4ocvnmNR3lfaB5Adi4ccF8fzyzYkPGGsdDbxw1k7Re SVXfCnps+jNOl6awSY0uOpW48KZfnO5zHwqOpqhu1KM8ZJCbh/IXDAuwSmLP16lH8z3T LuMB0osiSj40PWReV3Hvi4xCQJGagSG0JRrq64AHachhg0QFZk5HGpBOtG1LYa6qUz21 vsrq599lfmwNixuGfXmP1ioTDaatzTjyHLV53XC7YIGoQiz21sC+20p8v//idWYZyFQE YSWA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.152.73 with SMTP id uw9mr21694973obb.0.1341500914053; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 08:08:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.76.84.7 with HTTP; Thu, 5 Jul 2012 08:08:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <86bojxow6x.fsf@ds4.des.no> <4FF35864.5030109@FreeBSD.org> <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> <20120704203711.2732b645@bhuda.mired.org> <2EA305F0-87D9-47BE-B3E6-366659BF77AF@kientzle.com> <20120704214216.29085927@bhuda.mired.org> Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 08:08:33 -0700 Message-ID: From: Garrett Cooper To: Olivier Smedts Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Mike Meyer Subject: Re: Better error messages for command not found (was Re: Pull in upstream before 9.1 code freeze?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2012 15:08:35 -0000 On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 2:48 AM, Olivier Smedts wrote: > 2012/7/5 Mike Meyer : >> My objection was not due to misunderstanding about auto-install. I >> find the feature annoying - spewing a bunch of crap at me because of a >> typo. It annoys me far more often than it actually helps me, because >> more often than not the "missing command" is a typo, *not* an attempt >> to run a command I don't have. I.e., if I type mmap instead of nmap, I >> get: >> >> mwm@IPGhosterCrawlerI:~$ mmap >> No command 'mmap' found, did you mean: >> Command 'jmap' from package 'openjdk-6-jdk' (main) >> Command 'jmap' from package 'openjdk-7-jdk' (universe) >> Command 'gmap' from package 'gmap' (multiverse) >> Command 'gmap' from package 'scotch' (universe) >> Command 'tmap' from package 'emboss' (universe) >> Command 'smap' from package 'slurm-llnl' (universe) >> Command 'pmap' from package 'procps' (main) >> Command 'moap' from package 'moap' (universe) >> Command 'umap' from package 'libunicode-map8-perl' (main) >> Command 'map' from package 'sgt-puzzles' (universe) >> Command 'amap' from package 'amap-align' (universe) >> mmap: command not found > > And it really annoys me too because usually, instead of an immediate > "command not found", you've got a reply seconds later if on a not so > fast computer. When working on Ubuntu, after a typo or missing command > I have the time to realize that something strange is happening, to > read again what I typed and to hit ^C before any message is displayed. Almost like you need a "Better diagnostic message to note that a package database is being searched" ;]... -Garrett