Public bug reported: Binary package hint: command-not-found
Considering command-not-found has a relatively simple job. It seems that it is horribly over-engineered for its task. And as such, we have runtimes such as this: $ time sl The program 'sl' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing: sudo apt-get install sl real 0m1.715s user 0m0.680s sys 0m0.228s $ time sl The program 'sl' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing: sudo apt-get install sl real 0m0.759s user 0m0.592s sys 0m0.116s A little over a year ago I wrote a replacement script, that I've numerously lost, found, updated and forgotten about. It is about 250 LOC, and kept with one thing in mind, KISS. What surprises me most though is not the simplicity in comparison, but that it is 14x faster at executing it's job. That script can be found here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=7116396&postcount=1 And this is how well it runs in comparison. $ time sl The program 'sl' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing: sudo apt-get install sl real 0m0.079s user 0m0.036s sys 0m0.016s $ time sl The program 'sl' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing: sudo apt-get install sl real 0m0.062s user 0m0.044s sys 0m0.016s You would be forgiven in thinking I used a compiled application to get such low times, but it is not, I tell you that now. So the ultimate question is, why punish users? I think some act needs to be gotten together to clamp down on the speed demons in this application. As IMO, it is in an unacceptable state. Regards ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: command-not-found 0.2.40ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.36-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Jun 24 22:33:33 2010 PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANG=en_GB.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: command-not-found ** Affects: command-not-found (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid ubuntu-unity -- command-not-found slow for its task https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/598282 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
