Debian Bug report logs - #600253
[bash-completion] bash-completion for povray fails with unknown argument error

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Package: bash-completion; Maintainer for bash-completion is Gabriel F. T. Gomes <gabriel@debian.org>; Source for bash-completion is src:bash-completion (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: "Michael Johnson" <redbeard@mdjohnson.us>

Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 04:45:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed, fixed-upstream, patch, upstream

Found in version bash-completion/1:1.2-2

Fixed in version 1:1.99-1

Done: dapal@debian.org

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Bash Completion Maintainers <bash-completion-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>:
Bug#600253; Package bash-completion. (Fri, 15 Oct 2010 04:45:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to "Michael Johnson" <redbeard@mdjohnson.us>:
New Bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Bash Completion Maintainers <bash-completion-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>. (Fri, 15 Oct 2010 04:45:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

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

From: "Michael Johnson" <redbeard@mdjohnson.us>
To: submit@bugs.debian.org
Subject: [bash-completion] bash-completion for povray fails with unknown argument error
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:43:41 -0500
Package: bash-completion
Version: 1:1.2-2
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

--- Please enter the report below this line. ---
When trying to tab-complete filenames in Bash for povray I get the  
following error:

  bash: _get_comp_words_by_ref(): `povcur': unknown argument

The following simple patch fixes the problem:

--- /etc/bash_completion.d/povray	2010-06-16 12:04:40.000000000 -0500
+++ /tmp/povray	2010-10-14 23:31:49.000000000 -0500
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     defoext=png # default output extension, if cannot be determined FIXME

     COMPREPLY=()
-    _get_comp_words_by_ref povcur prev
+    _get_comp_words_by_ref -c povcur prev

     _expand || return 0


--- System information. ---
Architecture: i386
Kernel:       Linux 2.6.32-5-686

Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  500 unstable        www.debian-multimedia.org
  500 unstable        ftp.us.debian.org
  500 unstable        debian.harry-b.de
  500 unstable        deb.opera.com
  500 testing         ftp.us.debian.org
    1 experimental    ftp.us.debian.org

--- Package information. ---
Depends      (Version) | Installed
======================-+-===========
bash          (>= 3.2) | 4.1-3


Package's Recommends field is empty.

Package's Suggests field is empty.



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Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Bash Completion Maintainers <bash-completion-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>:
Bug#600253; Package bash-completion. (Fri, 15 Oct 2010 06:18:07 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta@iki.fi>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Bash Completion Maintainers <bash-completion-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>. (Fri, 15 Oct 2010 06:18:07 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Message #10 received at 600253@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta@iki.fi>
To: Michael Johnson <redbeard@mdjohnson.us>, 600253@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: [Bash-completion-devel] Bug#600253: [bash-completion] bash-completion for povray fails with unknown argument error
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 09:14:06 +0300
On Friday 15 October 2010, Michael Johnson wrote:
> Package: bash-completion
> Version: 1:1.2-2
> Severity: normal
> Tags: patch
> 
> --- Please enter the report below this line. ---
> When trying to tab-complete filenames in Bash for povray I get the
> following error:
> 
>    bash: _get_comp_words_by_ref(): `povcur': unknown argument
> 
> The following simple patch fixes the problem:
[...]

Already fixed upstream:
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/bash-completion-commits/2010-
September/001487.html

Added tag(s) upstream, confirmed, and fixed-upstream. Request was from David Paleino <dapal@debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:48:20 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Bug closed, send any further explanations to "Michael Johnson" <redbeard@mdjohnson.us> Request was from David Paleino <dapal@debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (Sat, 07 Jan 2012 23:48:11 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Bug Marked as fixed in versions 1:1.99-1. Request was from David Paleino <dapal@debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (Sat, 07 Jan 2012 23:48:18 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <owner@bugs.debian.org> to internal_control@bugs.debian.org. (Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:39:46 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

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