Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 08:08:33 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> To: Olivier Smedts <olivier@gid0.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Subject: Re: Better error messages for command not found (was Re: Pull in upstream before 9.1 code freeze?) Message-ID: <CAGH67wSWzRwz-dZ8y2%2BWSrAOcX=GN5o8HiZeXkJc4zyZPK_WLg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CABzXLYMQL45jL0zadC22%2BHAvz7xP8g1G-smg8yku2TQR85V8KA@mail.gmail.com> 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> <20120704203711.2732b645@bhuda.mired.org> <2EA305F0-87D9-47BE-B3E6-366659BF77AF@kientzle.com> <20120704214216.29085927@bhuda.mired.org> <CABzXLYMQL45jL0zadC22%2BHAvz7xP8g1G-smg8yku2TQR85V8KA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 2:48 AM, Olivier Smedts <olivier@gid0.org> wrote: > 2012/7/5 Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>: >> 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
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