[Bash-completion-devel] Bug#498474: (no subject)

[Lucio Crusca]

Subject: bash-completion: TAB always outputs -sh: <( compgen -f -X  -- '...' ): No such file or directory
Package: bash-completion
Version: 20080705
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable


Whenever I type a prefix and then hit TAB, I see the folowing on the console:

-sh: <( compgen -d -- 'Mai' ): No such file or directory
-sh: <( compgen -f -X  -- 'Mai' ): No such file or directory

where Mai is the prefix I've keyed in.
The output of ls is:

$ ls
log  Maildir

The bug happens with any command, be it "cd Mai<TAB>", "rm -rf Mai<TAB>", "ls Mai<TAB>" or others.
It happens even when there's no file starting with the prefix.

I think the bug is a grave one because my bash-completion is actually unusable.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages bash-completion depends on:
ii  bash                          3.2-4      The GNU Bourne Again SHell

bash-completion recommends no packages.

bash-completion suggests no packages.

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