Debian Bug report logs - #669180
bash-completion: please replace /etc/bash_completion symlink with a script

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

From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: bash-completion: please replace /etc/bash_completion symlink with a script

Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:20:52 -0500

Package: bash-completion
Version: 1:1.99-3
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch

Hi,

As described in <http://bugs.debian.org/648319>, on Debian
/etc/bash_completion is a symlink to
/usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion so old scripts and .bashrc
files can use

	. /etc/bash_completion

like they have always done.  The completion lib in its upstream
version uses the BASH_SOURCE variable to find itself and its helpers
and ends up trying to find these things in /etc instead of
/usr/share/bash-completion/.  And in Debian we patch it to resolve the
symlink so it can find the helpers in the right place.

Since last January, I have been using an alternative fix instead:
namely my /etc/bash_completion is a simple file with the following
content:

	. /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion

This way:

 - BASH_SOURCE is as the completion script expects to find it; no
   need to differ from the upstream source or risk resolving one
   symlink too many if some admin decides to divert the
   bash_completion script and replace it with a symlink to somewhere
   else

 - /etc/bash_completion can remain a conffile

 - anyone who customized their /etc/bash_completion in squeeze will
   get the usual prompt about customized configuration files when
   they upgrade

It seems to work fine.  What do you think?

Patch at http://bugs.debian.org/648319#83

Thanks,
Jonathan

Message #10 received at 669180-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: David Paleino <dapal@debian.org>

To: 669180-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#669180: fixed in bash-completion 1:2.0-1

Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 19:17:10 +0000

Source: bash-completion
Source-Version: 1:2.0-1

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
bash-completion, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

bash-completion_2.0-1.debian.tar.gz
  to main/b/bash-completion/bash-completion_2.0-1.debian.tar.gz
bash-completion_2.0-1.dsc
  to main/b/bash-completion/bash-completion_2.0-1.dsc
bash-completion_2.0-1_all.deb
  to main/b/bash-completion/bash-completion_2.0-1_all.deb
bash-completion_2.0.orig.tar.bz2
  to main/b/bash-completion/bash-completion_2.0.orig.tar.bz2



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 669180@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
David Paleino <dapal@debian.org> (supplier of updated bash-completion package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Format: 1.8
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 21:08:02 +0200
Source: bash-completion
Binary: bash-completion
Architecture: source all
Version: 1:2.0-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Bash Completion Maintainers <bash-completion-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: David Paleino <dapal@debian.org>
Description: 
 bash-completion - programmable completion for the bash shell
Closes: 446355 659395 662203 666055 669178 669180
Changes: 
 bash-completion (1:2.0-1) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   [ David Paleino ]
   * New upstream version
     - Recognise symlinks to directories as directories (Closes: #666055)
     - sudo -e should list filenames instead of commands (Closes: #446355)
     - ri completion: defines function outside _* namespace (Closes: #669178)
     - overrides lyx's bash-completion (Closes: #662203)
     - complete 'apt-get changelog' (Closes: #659395)
     - sudo su {user} -c "sss failing because of quotation (LP: #783136)
     - scp and rsync error on local path completion (LP: #772571)
   * Standards-Version bump to 3.9.3, no changes needed
   * Updated debian/copyright
   * Added Pre-Depends on dpkg because of dpkg-maintscript-helper
 .
   [ Jonathan Nieder ]
   * Replace /etc/bash_completion symlink with a shim script (Closes: #669180)
   * Remove no longer needed symlink-issue patch
   * Remove /etc/bash_completion symlink to make room for shim script
     on upgrade from versions 1:1.99-2 and 1:1.99-3.
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Message #15 received at 669180@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>

To: 669180@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: bash-completion: please replace /etc/bash_completion symlink with a script

Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 14:45:07 -0500

David Paleino wrote:

>  bash-completion (1:2.0-1) unstable; urgency=low

Oh, nice!  Thanks for preparing it.

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