Debian Bug report logs - #519238
bash-completion: syntax error in /etc/bash_completion

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

From: Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at>

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

Subject: bash-completion: syntax error in /etc/bash_completion

Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:47:58 +0100

Package: bash-completion
Version: 20080705
Severity: normal

/etc/bash_completion: line 273: syntax error near unexpected token `<'
/etc/bash_completion: line 273: `       done < <( compgen -d -- "$(quote_readline "$cur")" )'


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

Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-rc7 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages bash-completion depends on:
ii  bash                          3.2-5      The GNU Bourne Again SHell

bash-completion recommends no packages.

bash-completion suggests no packages.

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Message #10 received at 519238@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: David Paleino <d.paleino@gmail.com>

To: Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at>

Cc: 519238@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: [Bash-completion-devel] Bug#519238: bash-completion: syntax error in /etc/bash_completion

Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:20:59 +0100

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Ciao Norbert,

On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:47:58 +0100, Norbert Preining wrote:

> Package: bash-completion
> Version: 20080705
> Severity: normal
> 
> /etc/bash_completion: line 273: syntax error near unexpected token `<'
> /etc/bash_completion: line 273: `       done < <( compgen -d --
> "$(quote_readline "$cur")" )'

Uhm.
How do you call bash? If you call it as /bin/sh, that may be the cause: /bin/sh
makes bash POSIX-compliant, thus disabling some features.

Please grep /etc/passwd for your username, and check that the shell
is /bin/bash, not /bin/sh (and yes, we should do some more checking there, but I
don't know whether it's possible or not -- I believe yes though, but I'm just
back from my uni classes and I don't really have all bash builtins in my
brain :P)

If that fixes it for you, I'll close the bug.

Ciao,
David

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Message #15 received at 519238-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at>

To: David Paleino <d.paleino@gmail.com>

Cc: 519238-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: [Bash-completion-devel] Bug#519238: bash-completion: syntax error in /etc/bash_completion

Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:34:24 +0100

On Fr, 20 Mär 2009, David Paleino wrote:
> If that fixes it for you, I'll close the bug.

Closed, I don't see what I was doing ...

Best wishes

Norbert

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Dr. Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at>        Vienna University of Technology
Debian Developer <preining@debian.org>                         Debian TeX Group
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