[Bash-completion-devel] Bug#506560: say how to start using

[David Paleino]

On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:23:20 +0800, jidanni at jidanni.org wrote:

> DP> Fixed in bzr rev1207:
> 
> DP> ---8<---
> DP> [..]
> DP> Debian/GNU Linux or Ubuntu, etc. You still need to source it from either
> DP> /etc/bashrc or ~/.bashrc (or any other file sourcing those). You can do
> DP> this by simply using:
> 
> DP> # Use bash-completion, if available
> DP> if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
> DP>   . /etc/bash_completion
> DP> fi
> 
> DP> (if you happen to have *only* bash >= 2.04, see further if not)
> DP> [..]
> ---> 8---
> 
> Looks like wherever you put that is not enough for clods like me to
> notice. You need a README.debian file...

No.
That README is installed as /usr/share/doc/bash-completion/README.gz -- and
that's the first place one would look at. And no, that information is not
Debian-specific, so a README.Debian is totally useless here.

I'm going to also update the website, but the bug is fixed to me.

Kindly,
David

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