[Bash-completion-devel] Bug#563871: Bug#563871: should not provide completion for invoke-rc.d

[David Paleino]

severity 563871 minor
tags 563871 wontfix
thanks

On Wednesday 06 January 2010 01:51:20, Steve Langasek wrote:
> Package: bash-completion
> Version: 1:1.1-1
> Severity: important

An unwanted completion is not "important" in any way, sorry.

> I noticed in the context of a conversation with a bug submitter that
> bash-completion provides completion for invoke-rc.d using the contents
> in /etc/init.d.

Yes.

> invoke-rc.d is an interface for maintainer scripts, it is *not* an interface
> for admins, and therefore we should not be encouraging its use by admins by
> providing tab completion for interactive shells.

I need an argument stronger than this; one could always read the manpage and 
run it.

> Please drop the tab completion for this command from
> /etc/bash_completion.d/sysv-rc.

If it's in $PATH, we (tend to) provide it.

Remove invoke-rc.d from $PATH, remove its manpage from section 8 (namely: 
"System administration commands (usually only for root)", so it seems to be an 
administration command, after all), and I'll remove the completion.


David

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