Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (341 mails)

[Patrick Shanahan <ptilopteri@xxxxxxxxx>]

* Rob OpenSuSE <rob.opensuse.linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [02-09-09 09:38]:
> That looks great.  I wonder though if this is as clear as can be?
> Would you mind considering a suggestion as feedback.
>
> "Now it prints this info immediately:
>
> $ blender
> If 'blender' is not a typo you can run the following command to lookup
> the package that contains the binary:
>     command-not-found blender
> bash: blender: command not found
>
> $ ifconfig
> Absolute path to 'ifconfig' is '/sbin/ifconfig', so it might be
> intended to be run only by user with superuser privileges (eg. root).
> bash: ifconfig: command not found
> "
>
> Suggested simpler text
>
> $ blender
> If 'blender' is not a typo you can use command-not-found to lookup the
> package that contains it, like this :
>     command-not-found blender
> bash: blender: command not found
>
> $ ifconfig
> 'ifconfig' has path '/sbin/ifconfig', so it may require root
> privileges should typing /sbin/ifconfig fail to work correctly
> bash: ifconfig: command not found
>
>
> This seems simpler to understand, and avoids geek speak words like
> 'binary', without being ambiguous, and gives good hints towards 'best
> practice'.

+1

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