Debian Bug report logs - #538891
bash: completion incorrect with symlinks

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

From: Peter Dillinger <pcd@ccs.neu.edu>

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

Subject: bash: completion incorrect with symlinks

Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:50:55 -0500

Package: bash
Version: 3.2-4
Severity: normal


peterd@naxos:~/tmp$ mkdir foo
peterd@naxos:~/tmp$ mkdir bar
peterd@naxos:~/tmp$ cd bar
peterd@naxos:~/tmp/bar$ mkdir baz
peterd@naxos:~/tmp/bar$ ln -s ../foo foo
peterd@naxos:~/tmp/bar$ cd foo
peterd@naxos:~/tmp/bar/foo$ ls ../ba
  Hit Tab, completes incorrectly:
peterd@naxos:~/tmp/bar/foo$ ls ../baz 
ls: cannot access ../baz: No such file or directory
peterd@naxos:~/tmp/bar/foo$ cd ../ba
  Hit Tab, does not offer any completion.  Must type explicitly:
peterd@naxos:~/tmp/bar/foo$ cd ../baz
peterd@naxos:~/tmp/bar/baz$

So not only does it offer the wrong completion for `ls`, but it fails to 
offer that completion for `cd`, for which it would be correct!

(Actually, it seems to offer the completion for `cd` if you have not 
sourced /etc/bash_completion, but does not if you have sourced 
/etc/bash_completion.)

This bug has been around for a long time, and I keep expecting it to get 
fixed because it is so glaring.  Needs reporting I guess.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Message #10 received at 538891@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Philip Muskovac <yofel@gmx.net>

To: 538891@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Ubuntu

Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:54:01 +0100

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https://launchpad.net/bugs/503761
should be the same issue.

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