Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2012 15:08:45 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pull in upstream before 9.1 code freeze? Message-ID: <4FF4BEED.10103@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20120704180134.7c649e1b@bhuda.mired.org> References: <CA%2BQLa9B-Dm-=hQCrbEgyfO4sKZ5aG72_PEFF9nLhyoy4GRCGrA@mail.gmail.com> <4FF2E00E.2030502@FreeBSD.org> <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>
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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.
>
> I, on the other hand, count it as one of the many features of Linux
> that make me use FreeBSD.
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?
Doug
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