On 09/11/2011 12:04 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > DJ Lucas wrote: >> On 09/10/2011 11:49 PM, DJ Lucas wrote: >>> Grub and GLib both install bash completion scripts. Need to add >>> something to the default /etc/profile in the book to take advantage of them. >>> >>> Additionally, the one for grub is broken currently looking for a have() >>> function, which for distros is usually defined in /etc/bash_completion. > I see where this is installed, but I don't see where it is used. > >> And it gets worse: The gdbus one requires _get_cword() from a Debian >> package called bash-completion-lib. Grub requires 2 more from the same >> package: filelist(), _get_longopt(), and _filelist() is dependent on >> _expand(). There was a Google code project >> (http://code.google.com/p/bash-completion-lib/) that doesn't cover >> _split_longopt() (following). Last release was in Feb of 2009, but I >> haven't found where the Debian one is developed yet. > What functionality fails if these are missing? Bash tab completion for the gsettings and gdbus commands, and several grub-* commands. For instance, if I type 'grub-set-default <tab>', I get a listing of the available targets in my grub.cfg:
root@name64 [ /sources/bash-completion-1.3 ]# grub-set-default Linux, with Linux 2.6.32.15 Linux, with Linux 2.6.32.15 (recovery mode) Linux, with Linux 2.6.36-lfs-SVN-20101118 Linux, with Linux 2.6.36-lfs-SVN-20101118 (recovery mode) Linux, with Linux 2.6.36.2-x86_64 Linux, with Linux 2.6.36.2-x86_64 (recovery mode) Linux, with Linux 2.6.36.2-x86_64 Kernel & 32bit userspace Linux, with Linux 2.6.36.2-x86_64 Multi-lib Linux, with Linux 2.6.36.2-x86_64 Multi-lib (recovery mode) Linux, with Linux 2.6.36.2-x86_64-old Linux, with Linux 3.0.2-x86_64 Linux, with Linux 3.0.2-x86_64 (recovery mode) Linux, with Linux 3.0.4-x86_64 Linux, with Linux 3.0.4-x86_64 (recovery mode) WindowsXP Professional (Chainloaer) root@name64 [ /sources/bash-completion-1.3 ]# grub-set-default > Overall, I think this is stupid. These are library functions. Why are > they in /etc instead of /lib. DJ, I know you are just describing things. > > -- Bruce They are bash functions that are intended to make bash command completion easier. LFS is fine without. I'll do something in the wiki or in the BLFS profile page later on. It just bugs me that these were 'standardized' to the Debian way. Do these functions exist outside of Debian? Anybody got a RH or Cent box handy? As far as placement, the logic is that they are part of a configuration file, and technically they are I guess. Gray area? Anyway, all OT for this list now I guess. -- DJ Lucas -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content, and is believed to be clean. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
