Re: Bug#126567: libreadline4 no longer respects directory separators in tab-completion
On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Matthias Klose wrote:
> [CC to debian-devel, asking if report #126567 is reproduceable]
>
> Bill Gribble writes:
> > > I simply cannot reproduce the behaviour you describe.
> >
> > Well, why don't you describe for me what you have tried to do. "Simply
> > cannot reproduce" could mean just about anything, including that you
> > haven't tried. How about this:
> >
> > $ mkdir foo
> > $ touch foo/bar
> > $ cd fo<TAB>
> >
> > On my machine, 'fo' is replaced with 'foo/bar'. That is incorrect.
> >
> > It doesn't seem to me that you are interested in locating this problem.
> > I'm taking my time to file a bug report in an effort to help the Debian
> > project. In your role as maintainer, please do me the courtesy of at
> > least pretending to be interested.
>
> calm down and don't flame around. the initial report did have an
> example which I tested on more than one machine. Then I tagged the
> report as unreproduceable to mark the current state. If I were not
> interested I would have closed the report without notifying you.
Can we confirm whether this is a libreadline thing? It could be
bash's programmable completion feature. Has the user defined any
`complete`s? If so, maybe he should look at what he's set for his
`cd`s.
Simon
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