What has changed and/or how to control

[Ed Greshko]

On 12/21/2012 07:38 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:26:47 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
>
>> On 12/21/2012 06:51 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote:
>>> On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:44:50 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've not run into this before....so I'm baffled.
>>>>
>>>> On my F17 system I get this, and it is what I expect.
>>>>
>>>> [egreshko at meimei ~]$ 八
>>>> bash: 八: command not found...
>>>>
>>>> However, on my F18 test VM I get this.
>>>>
>>>> [egreshko at localhost ~]$ 八
>>>> bash: $'\345\205\253': command not found
>>>>
>>>> Which is, of course, the Unicode value for 八.
>>>>
>>>> What has changed in a default install for that to happen?  And what needs to be changed?  locale is the same on both systems.
>>>>
>>> Is "PackageKit-command-not-found" installed?
>> It was not installed.... 
>> Installing it "corrected" the problem.
> That's the wrong conclusion. ;-)
>  
> It's an optional extension to search for missing commands in remote
> repositories (via PackageKit). Many users uninstall it because it
> has caused side-effects, such as delays or altered messages or it
> fails always because the default search time limit is too low.
>
> If the problem is not reproducible with PackageKit-c-n-f installed,
> the problem is _not in that_ package.

I suppose I don't quite understand your meaning.....

There is no command "八" on the system.  So, just like

[egreshko at localhost ~]$ adsfadsf
bash: adsfadsf: command not found...

Returns the actual "command name" as typed, I expect.

[egreshko at localhost ~]$ 八
bash: 八: command not found...

With PackageKit-c-n-f installed that is what I get....

With PackageKit-c-n-f removed I get....

[egreshko at localhost ~]$ 八
bash: $'\345\205\253': command not found

So, installing it gives me what I expect/want.  Therefore, I can't see why my conclusion is wrong.
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