Debian Bug report logs - #634274
please update zcat completion

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

From: Christoph Anton Mitterer <calestyo@scientia.net>

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

Subject: zutils: zcat completion only works with .gz files

Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:00:20 +0200

Package: zutils
Version: 0.9-4
Severity: normal


Hi.

It seems to me that at least zcat's bash completion does only work with files ending in .gz.
It shoul IMHO work with ANY files (just adding .bz2, .xz,.... is not the right solution IMHO)
as you can zcat just any file (also plain text ones).


Cheers,
Chris.

Message #10 received at 634274@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-technologies.net>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <control@bugs.debian.org>, 634274@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: zutils: zcat completion only works with .gz files

Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:27:33 +0200

retitle 634274 please create an updated bash-completion
tag 634274 upstream
severity 634274 wishlist
thanks

zutils should divert coreutils bash-completion and install an own one 
that supports completion for the other compression formats.

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Address:        Daniel Baumann, Donnerbuehlweg 3, CH-3012 Bern
Email:          daniel.baumann@progress-technologies.net
Internet:       http://people.progress-technologies.net/~daniel.baumann/

Message #21 received at 634274@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-technologies.net>

To: 634274@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: please create an updated bash-completion

Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:21:05 +0200

retitle 634274 please update zcat completion
reassign 634274 bash-completion
thanks

i've found out that the completion for zcat is actually defined in
/etc/bash_completion, and by the nature of how bash-completion works,
it's apparently not possible to 'overload' once command and one command
only, which means that in the case of zutils, the only way on how to do
it would be to duplicate all entries for zcat in
/etc/bash-completion.d/zutils or something like that.

that in turn would mean that since we're duplicating that info, i would
need to keep it updated also for all other commands that share the same
completion as zcat, which makes this unpractical.

therefore, reassigning to bash-completion, may the source of the problem
be fixed there in the first place, rather than looking the symptom in
zutils.

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Email:          daniel.baumann@progress-technologies.net
Internet:       http://people.progress-technologies.net/~daniel.baumann/

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