I came up with a better idea (I think). file, we all love file, right? file has a database of what various file types look like, so it will tell you if text is C code, html, text, a staticly linked file, or whatever. file rocks.
All file is: a frontend to a database of file types. Get ready: 2 programs filer & apt-get-filer filer has a databse of file types, once a week you sync it with the great filer databasse in the sky (work with me here people), it has an internal list of what program will 'do' stuff to thsi file (let's say for .prc, it returns jpilot, kpilot, pilot-mgr, pilot-link, for word docs it returns word-view, staroffice, wp8) with me here? now you know what programs do stuff to those files apt-get-filer ask you what programs you want from the output of filer on [file-type], and gets it for you, (obviously only stuff that apt can get to, duh!), I've got an unused domain @ www.whizziwig.com, I'd love to host filer (& help coordinate it), the hardest part woudln't be the coding (get teh file people to help 'us' out),creating a syncable filer database would be a bitch. ideas? --David Blackman aka Whizziwig "sometimes I even amaze myself" On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Sami Dalouche wrote: > On Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 01:11:24PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 01:19:56PM -0500, Ashley Clark wrote: > > > On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Sami Dalouche wrote: > > > > I would like to know if there's a possibility with apt (or something > > > > else) > > > > to do the same that windows/Office 2000. > > > > It installs automaticly new software from the CD when you want to start > > > > a > > > > non-installed function. > > > > > > > > It could be great if under Debian, when we type a command that don't > > > > exist, > > > > it would automaticly search the command from a small APT database or > > > > from the internet if diald|direct connection is here. > > > > And we could specify in a conffile to download the software or to > > > > install > > > > directly from the CD. > > > > > > > > Wouldn't it be cool ? Is it possible to program ? > > > > > > Egads man! That would be a lot of work, for it to work (I personally > > > wouldn't > > > want it on my machine for numerous reasons) you'd have to make *EVERY* > > > program > > > that executed a program check with apt/dpkg to see if a package contains > > > that > > > executable. The only other way around it would be to write a wrapper > > > program > > > that would take as arguments the command line to search for and possibly > > > install. This would be easier but you'd still have to tell all other > > > programs > > > to change what they execute in order for your program to search for new > > > packages. > > > > <sarcasm> > > You could just get really spiffy and rewrite glibc's exec*() calls to do > > all of this. Then when you execute a command as root, like accidentally > > typing ssh instead of sh, then all of the sudden you have an import/export > > restricted piece of software automatically installed on your system! > > > > Or better yet run some scripts that try to exec programs that aren't > > available and see how much you can overload your bandwidth! > > </sarcasm> > > > > Sorry, auto updating packages to the latest version is one thing, but auto > > installing is down right dangerous. Just because it's "nifty" and "easy" > > doesn't mean it's a good idea. Gee, Windows itself is "nifty" and "easy" > > isn't it? :) > > > > Ben > > Thank you very much for all your answers. I didn't imagine this as hard as > it is and didn't see the dangerous aspect of it. > As a result, I will wait a bit before beginning so difficult and dangerous > software like this. > But your answers were very helpful. > > sami > > -- > LL II NN N U U X X RRRR U U LL EEEEE ZZZZZ !! > LL N N N U U XX R R U U LL E__ Z !! > LL II N N N U U XX RRR U U LL E Z > LLLLL II N NN UUUUU X X R R UUUUU LLLLL EEEEE ZZZZZ !! > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > >
