Debian Bug report logs - #471266
bash-completion: lvm completion does not work properly

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Cameron Hutchison <debianbug@xdna.net>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: bash: lvm completion does not work properly

Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:02:33 +1100

Package: bash
Version: 3.1dfsg-9
Severity: normal


Command line completion (in /etc/bash_completion) for the lvm2 suite of 
tools does not work very well and it would be better to remove it
altogether.

Examples of broken behaviour:
# lvextend --size <tab>

This only allows completion on the words in the list "g  G  k  K  m  M
t  T". However a number must also be entered before the the units and
then the units cannot be completed. This is of such marginal utility
that is should be removed (IMHO).

# lvextend --size +40G <tab>

The completes on the physical volumes, not the logical volumes as it
should. This is because it counts "+40G" as the logical volume (the
first non-option argument) and assumes that a physical volume path is
now needed.

I think there are a number of other situations when the completion
fails. I always seem to have to type a path to the logical volume
without tab completion available. It would be better if it did not try
any specific completion at all.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24.3-orthanc-2 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages bash depends on:
ii  base-files                4.0.3          Debian base system miscellaneous f
ii  debianutils               2.28.4         Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  libc6                     2.7-9          GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libncurses5               5.6+20080203-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand

Versions of packages bash recommends:
pn  bash-completion               <none>     (no description available)

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Message #14 received at 471266@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>

To: 471266@bugs.debian.org

Cc: Debian Bug Tracking System E-Mail Control Server <control@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: Workaround for #471266: bash-completion: lvm completion does not work properly

Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:55:02 +0200

retitle 471266 bash-completion: lvm completion does not work properly
kthxbye

This bug is very annoying and drove a coworker of mine nearly mad.

My workaround (propagated to about 200 Debian and Ubuntu workstations
and servers):

  dpkg-divert --divert /etc/bash_completion.d/.lvm.disabled --local --rename --add /etc/bash_completion.d/lvm

Accordingly I suggest to remove the LVM completion completely from the
package unless this issue is fixed. IMHO LVM completion in its current
state does more harm than it helps.

		Regards, Axel
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