Problem with bash completion

olive · 2012-03-20 18:19:30

There is a problem with bash completion. emacs .... does not complete file name (only directories) when we are in our home directory ($PWD is ~). I have found an old thread, from a year ago ( https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=115604 ) mentioning this exact problem and the solution (commenting out line 1644 in /etc/bash_completion); but I do nor remember having had this problem until recently. Are other people still affected by this. Is there a bug report about that?

uiii · 2012-03-22 15:12:47

I have the problem too. E.g. these things doesn't work: git commands completion, pacman package name competion, commands after sudo, ... The problem begins after the latest update.

mauro · 2012-03-22 23:06:00

There's a new /etc/bash.bashrc file (installed as bash.bashrc.pacnew) which came with bash 4.2.024-2. When using this new bash.bashrc file then completion works again.

Trilby · 2012-03-22 23:10:50

olive wrote:

There is a problem with bash completion. emacs

And vim is the solution! ;o)

*ducks and runs*

No problem here, but it could be the pacnew.

big_gie · 2012-03-23 13:45:15

Had the same issue but with git. Every time a new command was entered I would get "bash: __git_ps1: command not found".
I should have though about a .pacnew file!

Neburski · 2012-03-30 10:01:58

I simply wanted to confirm that moving the /etc/bash.bashrc.pacnew to /etc/bash.bashrc worked.

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#1 2012-03-20 18:19:30

Problem with bash completion

#2 2012-03-22 15:12:47

Re: Problem with bash completion

#3 2012-03-22 23:06:00

Re: Problem with bash completion

#4 2012-03-22 23:10:50

Re: Problem with bash completion

#5 2012-03-23 13:45:15

Re: Problem with bash completion

#6 2012-03-30 10:01:58

Re: Problem with bash completion

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