Re: Auto-update program cache feature

2018-10-04 Thread Chet Ramey
On 10/3/18 4:45 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I noticed a fair number of new Linux users have trouble with stale > program caches. Users install a package from a package manager or > sources and then are confused when the new package is not used. They > do not realize they need to

Re: Auto-update program cache feature

2018-10-04 Thread Eduardo Bustamante
On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 11:20 PM Jeffrey Walton wrote: (...) > How Bash achieves it is an implementation detail left to the experts. > I made a few suggestions that don't seem to fit well. That's OK > because Bash internals is not my area of expertise. I think it's important to always consider

Re: Auto-update program cache feature

2018-10-04 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 9:33 PM Eduardo A. Bustamante López wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 04:45:44PM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > > > I noticed a fair number of new Linux users have trouble with stale > > program caches. Users install a package from a package manager or >