Debian Bug report logs - #558127
bash-completion causes 'bash: [: too many arguments' messages

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

From: Alexander Verbovetsky <alik@ejik.org>

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

Subject: bash-completion causes 'bash: [: too many arguments' messages

Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:59:12 +0300

Package: bash-completion
Version: 1:1.1-3
Severity: normal


After the yesterday upgrade of the bash-completion package, every
start of bash produces 3 messages 'bash: [: too many arguments'.

Removing
,----
| if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
|     . /etc/bash_completion
| fi
`----
from ~/.bashrc stops the messages.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing-proposed-updates
  APT policy: (900, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (900, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages bash-completion depends on:
ii  bash                          4.0-4      The GNU Bourne Again SHell

bash-completion recommends no packages.

bash-completion suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

Message #10 received at 558127@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

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

To: Alexander Verbovetsky <alik@ejik.org>

Cc: 558127@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: [Bash-completion-devel] Bug#558127: bash-completion causes 'bash: [: too many arguments' messages

Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:59:20 +0100

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tags 558127 moreinfo
thanks

On Friday 27 November 2009 16:59:12, Alexander Verbovetsky wrote:
> After the yesterday upgrade of the bash-completion package, every
> start of bash produces 3 messages 'bash: [: too many arguments'.

That's not helping very much.
Could you please say whether your default login shell is /bin/sh instead of 
/bin/bash ?

And, could you please do (while the section below is still removed):

$ set -x
$ . /etc/bash_completion

and post everything here, including the error you're reporting?

> Removing
> ,----
> 
> | if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
> |     . /etc/bash_completion
> | fi
> 
> `----
> from ~/.bashrc stops the messages.

Sure, because you're not using bash-completion anymore ;)

Kindly,
David

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Message #17 received at 558127@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Alexander Verbovetsky <alik@ejik.org>

To: 558127@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: [Bash-completion-devel] Bug#558127: bash-completion causes 'bash: [: too many arguments' messages

Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:16:21 +0300 (MSK)

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> Could you please say whether your default login shell is
> /bin/sh instead of /bin/bash ?

$ cat /etc/passwd | grep alik
alik:x:1000:1000:Alexander Verbovetsky,,,:/home/alik:/bin/bash

> And, could you please do (while the section below is still removed):
> $ set -x
> $ . /etc/bash_completion
> and post everything here, including the error you're reporting?

attached

Regards,
Alexander

[bug558127-1.zip (application/zip, attachment)]

Message #22 received at 558127@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

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

To: Alexander Verbovetsky <alik@ejik.org>

Cc: 558127@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: [Bash-completion-devel] Bug#558127: Bug#558127: bash-completion causes 'bash: [: too many arguments' messages

Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:03:33 +0100

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On Saturday 28 November 2009 02:16:21, Alexander Verbovetsky wrote:
> > And, could you please do (while the section below is still removed):
> > $ set -x
> > $ . /etc/bash_completion
> > and post everything here, including the error you're reporting?
> 
> attached

+++ '[' = GNU -o Linux = Cygwin ']'
bash: [: too many arguments

(and many similar ones)

That code in bash-completion really is:

[ $USERLAND = GNU -o $UNAME = Cygwin ]

so, obviously, $USERLAND is not being set there:

$ grep USERLAND bug558127-1.txt
$

Could you please grep it in /etc/bash_completion ?

Also, at the end, $USERLAND is unset together with other internal variables, 
but your log doesn't show that:

++ unset UNAME RELEASE default dirnames filenames have nospace bashdefault 
plusdirs

(the code instead says:

unset UNAME USERLAND default dirnames filenames have nospace bashdefault \
    plusdirs compopt

)

I believe you edited something, or the upgrade was not successful, thus you're 
mixing files from different releases of bash-completion.


Try:

# apt-get --reinstall install bash-completion

Please let me know,
David

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Message #27 received at 558127@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Alexander Verbovetsky <alik@ejik.org>

To: 558127@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: [Bash-completion-devel] Bug#558127: Bug#558127: bash-completion causes 'bash: [: too many arguments' messages

Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:24:32 +0300 (MSK)

> I believe you edited something, or the upgrade was not
> successful, thus you're mixing files from different releases of
> bash-completion.
>
> Try:
> # apt-get --reinstall install bash-completion

Yes, it's true: I had an old /etc/bash_completion

Somehow an upgrade and 'apt-get --reinstall install' don't
suggest to update it, just create /etc/bash_completion.dpkg-dist
After
# mv bash_completion.dpkg-dist bash_completion
the problem disappeared.

Thank you!

Best regards,
Alexander

Message #32 received at 558127-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: David Paleino <dapal@debian.org>

To: Alexander Verbovetsky <alik@ejik.org>

Cc: 558127-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: [Bash-completion-devel] Bug#558127: Bug#558127: Bug#558127: bash-completion causes 'bash: [: too many arguments' messages

Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:07:26 +0100

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On Saturday 28 November 2009 16:24:32, Alexander Verbovetsky wrote:
> > I believe you edited something, or the upgrade was not
> > successful, thus you're mixing files from different releases of
> > bash-completion.
> >
> > Try:
> > # apt-get --reinstall install bash-completion
> 
> Yes, it's true: I had an old /etc/bash_completion
> 
> Somehow an upgrade and 'apt-get --reinstall install' don't
> suggest to update it, just create /etc/bash_completion.dpkg-dist

That's because you probably told apt not to install the maintainer's version.

This will ultimately be fixed when we (as upstream) move everything out of 
/etc/, thus avoiding tools such as APT consider it (and files in 
bash_completion.d/) as configuration files.

> After
> # mv bash_completion.dpkg-dist bash_completion
> the problem disappeared.

Great, closing the bug.

Kindly,
David

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