[Bash-completion-devel] Bug#813767: bash-completion: dpkg -P completion of unconfigured packages

[Kevin Ryde]

Package: bash-completion
Version: 1:2.1-4.2
Severity: normal
File: /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/dpkg

If a package is installed but unconfigured then it is not offered as a
completion for "dpkg -P", whereas I hoped it would.

I struck this on an arch "all" perl package installed by "dpkg -i" but
which was missing a dependency,
    ...
    dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

The status line was

    Status: install ok unpacked

I never remember the subtle stages a package with problems may go
through.  Perhaps almost any installed-ness is a candidate to purge.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 4.3.0-1-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)

Versions of packages bash-completion depends on:
ii  bash  4.3-14+b1
ii  dpkg  1.18.4

bash-completion recommends no packages.

bash-completion suggests no packages.

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