[Bash-completion-devel] Bug#648319: bash-completion: /etc/bash_completion script doesn't do the job.

[David Paleino]

clone 648319 -1
retitle -1 please fix /etc/bash.bashrc to point to new bash-completion location
severity -1 important
reassign -1 bash
thanks

On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:01:54 +0100, Simon Chopin wrote:

> Hi !
> 
> When using the experimental bash-completion package, I noticed that the
> completion wouldn't work anymore when using the code snippet found in
> the default /etc/bash.bashrc, which refers to /etc/bash_completion.
> 
> I assume that at some point, the bash package will update this location
> to point to /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion, but in the mean
> time, I think it would be better if the /etc file would be dropped, or
> at least be changed into a symlink to the /usr/share. This way, the
> point of break would be more evident.

Ok, I'll use a symlink. I totally forgot to drop /etc/bash_completion. Sorry
for the noise.

Bash maintainers: the new bash-completion location is
at /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion . Please update the files of your
package (bash.bashrc, but there may be others) to reflect the new location. TIA!

Kindly,
David

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