Package: bash-completion Version: 1:1.99-3 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Hi,
As described in <http://bugs.debian.org/648319>, on Debian /etc/bash_completion is a symlink to /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion so old scripts and .bashrc files can use . /etc/bash_completion like they have always done. The completion lib in its upstream version uses the BASH_SOURCE variable to find itself and its helpers and ends up trying to find these things in /etc instead of /usr/share/bash-completion/. And in Debian we patch it to resolve the symlink so it can find the helpers in the right place. Since last January, I have been using an alternative fix instead: namely my /etc/bash_completion is a simple file with the following content: . /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion This way: - BASH_SOURCE is as the completion script expects to find it; no need to differ from the upstream source or risk resolving one symlink too many if some admin decides to divert the bash_completion script and replace it with a symlink to somewhere else - /etc/bash_completion can remain a conffile - anyone who customized their /etc/bash_completion in squeeze will get the usual prompt about customized configuration files when they upgrade It seems to work fine. What do you think? Patch at http://bugs.debian.org/648319#83 Thanks, Jonathan _______________________________________________ Bash-completion-devel mailing list Bash-completion-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/bash-completion-devel
