From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 16 22:16:08 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 B986B1065674 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2012 22:16:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brodbd@uw.edu) Received: from mail-vb0-f54.google.com (mail-vb0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C4998FC17 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2012 22:16:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vbmv11 with SMTP id v11so4877796vbm.13 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:16:07 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=yxEt22LiNHuU0EtyMbI9T9RhgPimpjKeUI9gfk4Vsso=; b=lVoI9WBJ+1XYs7eDBYcKunHFPBM86jLiQ4EtQMD56cDFi6at4nrJ5THkN+58kA8eHt d0BOxaUH+BHeDYdBU9fdq4H5gAVS+lhuY3YF0MDS8c7DdTF6Ri4PVtuyMRzQvwAAkDBm pZhvGE8HbeiURencSNLPy4WSrZ6mnv7iLYvXHcZ3JCKMLN3fW59miQU1jWmF7KdoXdsW vj4EnLKB4+Ckzcymr+EhWqhUgvQKdLBPxqzGq03PvcjDfbn6f+A8wSR8K6WTbTUCqJPu sX2IhuqpqKlszad8XpRzyIh+ebmxmF4v9ZHwr/UPxODt3TDuQLxqzrHa3C+SA8rivd13 LEPA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.204.212 with SMTP id fn20mr8601vcb.43.1342476967412; Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:16:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.58.73.138 with HTTP; Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:16:07 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <50048A96.5060803@jetcafe.org> References: <4FF4BEED.10103@FreeBSD.org> <62039A45-92E4-4588-988D-6DF39D7B01E5@bsdimp.com> <201207050922.25815.j.mckeown@ru.ac.za> <20120705082857.GB37083@server.rulingia.com> <4FF55864.8040807@FreeBSD.org> <50048A96.5060803@jetcafe.org> Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:16:07 -0700 Message-ID: From: David Brodbeck To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnVZL2UepRVheHTw6BbUwyChQvyh3IeHkSqyeWHzediWuPE0pRL2b8FMDzjyQDVddIY4n9C Subject: 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: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 22:16:08 -0000 On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Dave Hayes wrote: > Why not create a command wtf(1)? > > When you type it, it detects the shell you are using, looks at the last > command you typed, and provides all sorts of arbitrarily verbose and usable > documentation and suggestions as to what that command might have done, what > the verbatim command will do, and where you can find more information. I suspect you meant this as a sarcastic suggestion, but I actually like it. It reminds me of AmigaDOS's "why" command, which would give a detailed explanation of why the previous command failed. -- David Brodbeck System Administrator, Linguistics University of Washington