[Bash-completion-devel] Bug#512917: dh_bash-completion: unexpected behaviour

[David Paleino]

On Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:49:03 +0100, gregor herrmann wrote:

> Package: bash-completion
> Version: 20080705
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Thanks for providing dh_bash-completion, I didn't know about this
> tool until a few hours ago.

Eheh, that's some magic by me :-P

> I still have a tiny complaint: IMO the behaviour of
> dh_bash-completion is counter-intuitive because it installs _the
> file_ debian/package.bash-completion whereas the other debhelper
> helpers act on files _mentioned_ in debian/package.foo.

It works the same way as dh_lintian works -- it doesn't seem counter-intuitive
at all, once you read the manpage :-P

But, however, ACK.

> And that would be easier for dh_bash-completion since I could just name
> upstream or debian bash completion files there regardless of where
> they are and how they are called.
> 
> Please consider changing the behaviour of dh_bash-completion for
> future releases.

Well.

Would you be against a debian/package.bash-completion-files doing what you are
asking for? Would it be overkill? I don't really want to break other people's
packages already using dh_bash-completion ;-)

Kindly,
David

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