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#1 2008-01-10 17:40:56
- DonVla
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bash completion upgrade breaks pacman bc
hello,
today's bash completion upgrade deletes the archlinux file under /etc/bash_completion.d/.
pacman's bash completion doesn't work anymore. i've seen that pacman 3.1 has it's own bash completion file.
is this somehow related?
vlad
ps: i'm not using testing.
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#2 2008-01-10 18:08:14
- toofishes
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Re: bash completion upgrade breaks pacman bc
Correct.
Pacman will move to [core] soon, and the old bash completion file for pacman was very outdated and is better maintained in the pacman package. Hopefully you can survive a day or two without that completion file.
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#3 2008-01-10 18:12:20
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Re: bash completion upgrade breaks pacman bc
sure, thanks.
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#4 2008-01-10 22:19:48
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Re: bash completion upgrade breaks pacman bc
i've seen that pacman 3.1 has it's own bash completion file
i installed the new pacman, but bash_completion doesnt work....
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#5 2008-01-10 22:43:44
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Re: bash completion upgrade breaks pacman bc
i've seen that pacman 3.1 has it's own bash completion file
i installed the new pacman, but bash_completion doesnt work....
Did you source it or logout/login? It doesn't magically do that itself.
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#6 2008-01-11 00:03:19
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Re: bash completion upgrade breaks pacman bc
I can't wait to try out pacman-bash_completion. This is one terrific feature that I am anxiously awaiting.
Great job.
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#7 2008-01-11 05:15:53
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Re: bash completion upgrade breaks pacman bc
Package installation completion is the only thing I miss from Ubuntu. This will be great.
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#8 2008-01-11 09:05:49
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Re: bash completion upgrade breaks pacman bc
defcon wrote:i've seen that pacman 3.1 has it's own bash completion file
i installed the new pacman, but bash_completion doesnt work....
Did you source it or logout/login? It doesn't magically do that itself.
. /etc/bash_completion
both, i reload it with source ~/.bashrc and later i logged out/in
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#9 2008-02-16 15:58:15
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Re: bash completion upgrade breaks pacman bc
Problem is still available :-/
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#10 2008-02-16 16:18:20
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Re: bash completion upgrade breaks pacman bc
do you maybe have an alias for grep in your .bashrc ?
thats what made it not to work for me. bash pacman completion uses it a lot
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#11 2008-02-16 16:31:40
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Re: bash completion upgrade breaks pacman bc
What a great feature! 
I hadn't tried it before I found this thread.
@defcon - Did you try hitting tab twice? That's what works for me. I have this in my .bashrc:
alias grep="grep --color=auto"
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#12 2008-02-16 16:42:17
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Re: bash completion upgrade breaks pacman bc
i had alias grep="grep -n --color=auto" and making grep print the line number broke pacman -S completion. -Q and -R completion worked
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#13 2008-02-16 16:52:22
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Re: bash completion upgrade breaks pacman bc
That's weird. All 3 work for me. Hmm...
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#14 2008-02-16 16:53:19
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Re: bash completion upgrade breaks pacman bc
That's weird. All 3 work for me. Hmm...
Why is it weird? You are not using the -n option of grep.
pacman roulette : pacman -S $(pacman -Slq | LANG=C sort -R | head -n $((RANDOM % 10)))
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#15 2008-02-16 17:12:51
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Re: bash completion upgrade breaks pacman bc
my .bashrc is clear. PS1 is the only thing i have.
@tigrmesh
yes, i pressed TAB twice oder 3-times
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#16 2008-02-16 17:14:48
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Re: bash completion upgrade breaks pacman bc
So it wasn't the alias itself, it was the option.
@shining - Thanks for explaining. 
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#17 2008-02-16 17:44:29
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Re: bash completion upgrade breaks pacman bc
Damn, why is bash_completion is not working? 
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#18 2008-02-16 20:17:01
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Re: bash completion upgrade breaks pacman bc
Try zsh
pacman roulette : pacman -S $(pacman -Slq | LANG=C sort -R | head -n $((RANDOM % 10)))
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#19 2008-02-16 20:38:52
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Re: bash completion upgrade breaks pacman bc
Yes, good idea.
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