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grey

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From: Europe

Registered: 2007-08-23

Posts: 679

Forum search is working erratically [SOLVED]

Searching for "way" on the forums (all of them) returns no hits. Same for "arch". "patch" on the other hand works. "patch AND way" returns pages that match "patch" but not "way".
Any ideas?

Last edited by grey (2009-10-21 09:58:57)

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thisoldman

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From: Pittsburgh

Registered: 2009-04-25

Posts: 1,172

Re: Forum search is working erratically [SOLVED]

I've found the forum search feature to be hit or miss too.   I think the best search engine for the forum is Google.  For lots of hits on "way," try googling with the forum site specified, like this:

site:bbs.archlinux.org way

Last edited by thisoldman (2009-10-21 09:55:03)

grey

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From: Europe

Registered: 2007-08-23

Posts: 679

Re: Forum search is working erratically [SOLVED]

Good idea - thanks.

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Snowman

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From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: Forum search is working erratically [SOLVED]

These words are too common.  That's why the forum search engine returns no hits.  I think it does that for resource-efficiency reasons.