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kernelOfTruth
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 Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 7:43 pm Post subject: portage emerging in the right direction |
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I like what I see:
| emerge -1 squashfs wrote: | Calculating dependencies ... done!
emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "squashfs".
emerge: searching for similar names...
emerge: Maybe you meant any of these: sys-fs/squashfs-tools, app-shells/sash, net-irc/quassel?
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just AWESOME
thanks so much - this is really useful 
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Uhm, I don't really like this "did you mean …" attitude of any IT systems. It wastes ressources on the machine and confuses the user. For example, when I made a typo, and get the message “not found”, I check my input and usually see the typo. If I get a list of suggestions, I must first deduct why something failed, then find the mistake itself.
Hence, such features are rather something for people who have bad problem solving strategies (like try'n'error) and are generally lost quickly. And they are a nuisance for power users and those who generally prefer to learn their stuff. (This is not meant in the sense of elitarism, but rather in regard to usage preferences.)
My motto: If some IT operation fails, issue a helpful indicator to what has failed, instead of trying to guess what might have been intended. An application usually doesn't have enough information to make a good enough guess.
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Ant P.
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| Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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paludis has had this for about a year... the output is slightly different though.
| Code: | Error:
* In program cave show squashfs:
* Found nothing suitable matching 'squashfs'; did you mean one of 'sys-apps/squashfs-portage', 'sys-fs/calculate-squashfs', 'sys-fs/squashfs-tools'? (paludis::cave::NothingMatchingWithSuggestions) |
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Well, why not. As long as you know that there is more out there...
Some not so useful example (assuming you want to install Xfce like Gnome):
| Code: | disi-desktop ~ # emerge xfce
Calculating dependencies... done!
emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "xfce".
emerge: searching for similar names...
emerge: Maybe you meant any of these: x11-misc/xfe, media-video/cxfe, games-arcade/xsfcave? |
It does not suggest the meta packages.
Anyway, if you know what you were looking for and just had a typo:
| Code: | disi-desktop ~ # emerge hentoo-sources
Calculating dependencies... done!
emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "hentoo-sources".
emerge: searching for similar names...
emerge: Maybe you meant any of these: sys-kernel/gentoo-sources, sys-kernel/zen-sources, sys-kernel/xen-sources? |
It's a good feature for spell check
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| Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 4:05 pm Post subject: |
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| disi wrote: | Well, why not. As long as you know that there is more out there...
Some not so useful example (assuming you want to install Xfce like Gnome):
| Code: | disi-desktop ~ # emerge xfce
Calculating dependencies... done!
emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "xfce".
emerge: searching for similar names...
emerge: Maybe you meant any of these: x11-misc/xfe, media-video/cxfe, games-arcade/xsfcave? |
It does not suggest the meta packages.
Anyway, if you know what you were looking for and just had a typo:
| Code: | disi-desktop ~ # emerge hentoo-sources
Calculating dependencies... done!
emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "hentoo-sources".
emerge: searching for similar names...
emerge: Maybe you meant any of these: sys-kernel/gentoo-sources, sys-kernel/zen-sources, sys-kernel/xen-sources? |
It's a good feature for spell check |
well,
exactly - that's what happens to me the most 
when I need to type in dozens of packages from time to time - one or more typos occur
so this is really helpful so I know what the typo is and also immediately have the solution to that 
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| Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 4:28 pm Post subject: Re: portage emerging in the right direction |
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| kernelOfTruth wrote: | I like what I see:
| emerge -1 squashfs wrote: | Calculating dependencies ... done!
emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "squashfs".
emerge: searching for similar names...
emerge: Maybe you meant any of these: sys-fs/squashfs-tools, app-shells/sash, net-irc/quassel?
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just AWESOME
thanks so much - this is really useful |
Actually it was implemented pretty fast... just 2 weeks after reporting (?). I originally thought the feature would have been made interactive like with aptitude.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 9:14 am Post subject: |
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| Mostly it's a typo on my side. When I don't know the exact package name I find myself using emerge -s quite frequently. |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 10:55 am Post subject: |
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| Tolstoi wrote: | | Mostly it's a typo on my side. When I don't know the exact package name I find myself using emerge -s quite frequently. |
emerge -s ? I think eix is much much faster. 
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| phajdan.jr wrote: | | Tolstoi wrote: | | Mostly it's a typo on my side. When I don't know the exact package name I find myself using emerge -s quite frequently. |
emerge -s ? I think eix is much much faster. |
Thanks for the hint . I'll try eix soon. |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 1:10 pm Post subject: Re: portage emerging in the right direction |
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| kernelOfTruth wrote: | I like what I see:
| emerge -1 squashfs wrote: | Calculating dependencies ... done!
emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "squashfs".
emerge: searching for similar names...
emerge: Maybe you meant any of these: sys-fs/squashfs-tools, app-shells/sash, net-irc/quassel?
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just AWESOME
thanks so much - this is really useful |
I like this feature too. |
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TJNII
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krinn
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| Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 10:54 am Post subject: |
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| i like the feature, good helper for poor mind users. |
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