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From: Stefano Crocco <stefano.crocco@×××××.it>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: Re: [gentoo-user] bash-completion change?
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 15:12:00
Message-Id: 8815920.AIrLm2toA4@casa
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] bash-completion change? by Douglas J Hunley
1 On Thursday 25 July 2013 Douglas J Hunley wrote
2 > On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Stefano Crocco
3 <stefano.crocco@×××××.it>wrote:
4 > > There are a few bugs regarding this issue, for example: 472938, 476992 and
5 > > 477214. If I understand things correctly, all installed modules are
6 > > enabled,
7 > > but they're loaded "on-demand" (I guess this means the first time they're
8 > > used, but I'm not sure). The way suggested in one of these bugs to have a
9 > > working autocompletion is to source
10 > > /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion
11 > > from you .bashrc file.
12 > >
13 > > Stefano
14 >
15 > I agree w/ the user in 477214. This is completely broken. And the lack of
16 > notice to the user post-emerge on how to set things up 'the new way' is
17 > infuriating. Guess I'll add this to my 'check back in 6 months to see if
18 > they've got it sorted' list
19 >
20 > Thanks Stefano
21 >
22 > --
23 > Douglas J Hunley (doug.hunley@×××××.com)
24 > Twitter: @hunleyd Web:
25 > douglasjhunley.com
26 > G+: http://goo.gl/sajR3
27
28 I agree with you about the lack of a post-emerge message! I spent at least one
29 hour the other day trying to understand why suddenly bash completion wasn't
30 working anymore. I think all of this is still a work in progress, however,
31 since the eselect package still installs the man page for the bashcomp module
32 (bashcomp.eselect)!
33
34 Stefano