[Bash-completion-devel] [bash-completion-Bugs][313065] bash-completion-1.3 doesn't work for "sudo /etc/init.d/xxx <TAB>"

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Bugs item #313065, was changed at 2011-03-31 03:19 by James 
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Status: Closed
Priority: 3
Submitted By: Nobody (None)
Assigned to: Nobody (None)
Summary: bash-completion-1.3 doesn't work for "sudo /etc/init.d/xxx <TAB>" 
Distribution: Gentoo
Originally reported in: Gentoo Bugzilla
Milestone: None
Status: Invalid
Original bug number: 360083


Initial Comment:
After typing "sudo /etc/init.d/sshd <TAB>", local files instead of command options(start, stop, etc.) are listed.
The old version 1.2 works fine.

I noticed that the code "complete -p $cmd" has been changed to "complete -p ${cmd##*/}".
Maybe you can check twice: first "complete -p $cmd", and if it fails, run "complete -p ${cmd##*/}"?

James

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Comment By: James  (jamesjjx-guest)
Date: 2011-04-12 14:46

Message:
well... my point is: it is a bug of _root_command, which is the completion function for sudo.
Actually, the function _gentoo_style_init is never called!
Gentoo registers a completion function _gentoo_style_init for the commands like /etc/init.d/XXX.
After typing "sudo /etc/init.d/XXX <TAB>", _root_command should complete "/etc/init.d/XXX" by calling _gentoo_style_init. Right?
But the version 1.3 code first extracts the command, in this case, "/etc/init.d/XXX", strips away the path and gets the filename, which is XXX, and then seeks for the completion function for XXX.
But XXX is not registered, instead, /etc/init.d/XXX is.

James


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Comment By: Ville Skyttä  (scop-guest)
Date: 2011-04-12 14:24

Message:
_gentoo_style_init is not our function, so I suggest investigating this with Gentoo.  If anybody can reproduce this with the completions shipped by us, feel free to reopen.

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Comment By: James  (jamesjjx-guest)
Date: 2011-04-11 03:52

Message:
james at localhost ~ $ complete | grep sshd
complete -F _gentoo_style_init /etc/init.d/sshd

So I only have completion for /etc/init.d/sshd, no completion for sshd.

Let me make it clearer:
for any service(not only sshd) in the directory of /etc/init.d
1. "/etc/init.d/XXX <TAB>" works correctly by listing options like start, stop, etc.
2. "sudo /etc/init.d/XXX <TAB>" lists local files

James

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Comment By: Ville Skyttä  (scop-guest)
Date: 2011-03-31 04:27

Message:
Works fine for me.  Do you have a separate completion for sshd installed - what does "complete -p sshd" output for you?  

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