Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (341 mails)

[Susanne Oberhauser <froh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Michal,

I like the /sbin and /usr/sbin lookup.

I've created a feature request for it:
https://features.opensuse.org/305803

I do not agree though to the other suggestion you've made:

Michal Vyskocil <mvyskocil@xxxxxxx> writes:

> On Sunday 01 of February 2009 21:21:33 Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
> > On Thu, 11 Dec 2008, Susanne Oberhauser wrote:
> > >   Command not found.  If this is not a typo, see make-it-work(1) for
> > >   help.
> > >
> > > And then the make-it-work man page will tell you right away to run
> > > "make-it-work commandname' to locate and install the package providing
> > > fancytool.
> > >
> > > Seasoned shell kiddies will go one back in history, prefix their last
> > > command with 'make-it-work ' and have fun...
>
> Problem is that seasoned shell kiddies don't know about make-it-work command, 
> just because they're kiddies.
>
> Better option is change the default behavior of c-n-f handler. On a first run 
> it could print a hint how to activate it, or how to remove it:
>
> $ cmd
> Command 'cmd' not found. To activate the hint type
> echo "export command_not_found_handle=verbose" >> ~/.bashrc; source ~/.bashrc
> or disable it by
> echo "unset commad_not_found_handle" >> ~/.bashrc; source ~/.bashrc
> $

If I pretend I was a beginner user, this looks very, very cryptic.  The
'hint' suggests to make the message go away (to a plain command not
found) or to become slow as a dead rat.

If I look at a beginner, an average user or an adept, then I'd like
the system response to be

 - short (to please the adept user)
 - point to full documentation (for the beginner)
 - give a poointer to immediate remedy (for the average, forgetful user)

that's why in the fate request, I've usggested an improved message:

  Command not found.  If this is not a typo, type "man make-it-work" for
  help.

The 'make-it-work' man page will then give guidance to a deep level,
while the  message is short enough to not annoy anybody.

Running 'make-it-work <commandname>' should then just help to install
the right package


And I agree, the command_not_found_helper should also check /sbin and
/usr/sbin and respond with a message like this in case the command is
there:

  "$command" is a privileged command.  Try "sudo $command"?


S.
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