What’s wrong with software

$ apt-cache search powerful | wc -l
486

$ apt-cache search flexible | wc -l
355

$ apt-cache search loving | wc -l
3

Update:

$ apt-cache search christ on a stick | wc -l
1

WTF?!

$ apt-cache search christ on a stick
libmail-audit-perl - Perl library for creating easy mail filters

Ah…

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This entry was written by Jeff Waugh, posted on September 22, 2006 at 21:27, filed under Uncategorized and tagged FLOSS, Ubuntu. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

11 Comments

  1. Jason D. Clinton
    Posted September 22, 2006 at 21:40 | Permalink |

    That could also be a search of Craig’s List with the title “What’s wrong with dating?”

  2. Mary
    Posted September 22, 2006 at 22:49 | Permalink |

    What is wrong with software? A lot!

    $ apt-cache search rock hard | wc -l
    0

  3. jdub
    Posted September 22, 2006 at 22:53 | Permalink |

    It’s okay, Mary:

    $ apt-cache search flaccid | wc -l
0
  4. jdub
    Posted September 22, 2006 at 22:56 | Permalink |

    Meanwhile:

    $ apt-cache search christ on a stick | wc -l
1

    WTF?!

    $ apt-cache search christ on a stick
libmail-audit-perl - Perl library for creating easy mail filters

    Ah…

  5. Michael Carden
    Posted September 23, 2006 at 00:09 | Permalink |

    Don’t encourage them (us). Someone will think of scripting apt-cache search to use /usr/share/dict/british-english and then all bets will be off.

    Noooooooo!

  6. Camila Acolide
    Posted September 23, 2006 at 00:49 | Permalink |

    This was one of the GREATEST posts I’ve ever seen in Planet Gnome. I simply can’t stop laughing. For that, thank you! =)

  7. D
    Posted September 23, 2006 at 01:08 | Permalink |

    It’s all Tom Christiansen’s fault….

    -Dx

  8. housetier
    Posted September 23, 2006 at 03:13 | Permalink |

    At least we get some lovin:

    housetier@ganymede:~$ apt-cache search girl friend | wc -l
    1

  9. Name
    Posted September 23, 2006 at 06:33 | Permalink |

    Well, that comment got mangled pretty badly. Just look at the description for libmail-audit-perl at http://packages.ubuntu.com/edgy/perl/libmail-audit-perl: The description contains the words ‘Christ’, ‘on’, ‘a’, and ’stick’

  10. Stephen Gricci
    Posted September 23, 2006 at 23:25 | Permalink |

    Christ on a stick… Hilarious.

  11. Torsten
    Posted September 24, 2006 at 02:11 | Permalink |

    You do realize that searching for “christ on a stick” the way you’ve done only checks if all the words are present somewhere in the description, right?. They don’t need to be contiguous, and they aren’t in libmail-audit-perl’s case.

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  1. By Planet GNOME on September 25, 2006 at 21:46

    You do realize that searching for “christ on a stick” the way you’ve done only checks if all the words are present somewhere in the description, right? They don’t need to be contiguous, and they aren’t in libmail-audit-perl’s case. Torsten, no, I did not realise that! I thought libmail-audit-perl actually invoked The Messiah, attached to a piece of wood (such as a surf board, or commemorative plaque) in an effort to filter email. Now that I know libmail-audit-perl does not function as

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