Feature Proposal for Archlinux

haxit · 2008-11-26 03:03:56

Onyros wrote:

string wrote:

Ok I have a suggestion too..

    __         ________________________________________________________
   /  \       /                                                        \
   |  |       | It looks like you are trying to launch a program which |
   @  @       | does not exist on your system. Would you me like to:   |
   || ||   <--|                                                        |
   || ||      |   o Run `epiphany`                                     |
   |\_/|      |   o Search the package database for `epihpany`         |
   \___/      |   o rm -rf / so that you can install a superior OS     |
              |     like Windows Vista?                                |
              \________________________________________________________/

$ epihpany

Hahahaha, that was brutally genius

OnT: I share the exact same opinion.

Perfect. Just perfect. So much meaning behind this.

toofishes · 2008-11-26 04:25:52

Can Clippy be the new Arch mascot?

Xyne · 2008-11-26 05:03:09

We could just have a thin metal wire as a mascot and let each member form it into whatever shape he or she pleases

Back on topic, would it be too much clutter to enhance pacman's search capabilities to enable users to search for specific commands/libraries/etc? Perhaps it would be enough to add two arrays to the PKGBUILD file, e.g.:

cmds=(cmdA cmdB)
libs=(libA libB)

Those could be used in packages which contain commands or libraries that are not immediately obvious from the package name (e.g. ping in iputils, zenmap in nmap). To be honest, I don't really care whether or not this gets implemented myself, but maybe this would be a more Archlike solution to finding obscure commands buried in packages. Obviously, if you need to be told that "tar" is in the package "tar", you're probably using the wrong distro, but there are at least a few cases where the required package is just not that obvious.

robmaloy · 2008-11-26 07:58:57

neotuli wrote:

Seems idiot proof. Too bad arch isn't for idiots

made my day

edit: rofl, just saw clippy, that made my week

Last edited by robmaloy (2008-11-26 08:02:09)

iphitus · 2008-11-26 08:34:46

Xyne wrote:

We could just have a thin metal wire as a mascot and let each member form it into whatever shape he or she pleases
Back on topic, would it be too much clutter to enhance pacman's search capabilities to enable users to search for specific commands/libraries/etc? Perhaps it would be enough to add two arrays to the PKGBUILD file, e.g.:
cmds=(cmdA cmdB)
libs=(libA libB)

No. Has google become that difficult to use these days?

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