Re: bash-complete errors

[David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>]

Quoting Dennis Wicks (wix@mgssub.com):
> Frequently when I run a command in a terminal window (Debian 8.1
> Xfce) I get a bunch of errors.
> 
> >/bin/bash: _parse_usage: line 16: syntax error near unexpected token `('
> >/bin/bash: _parse_usage: line 16: ` -?(\[)+([a-zA-Z0-9?]))'
> >/bin/bash: error importing function definition for `_parse_usage'
> >/bin/bash: _longopt: line 14: syntax error near unexpected token `('
> >/bin/bash: _longopt: line 14: ` --+([-a-z0-9_]))'
> >/bin/bash: error importing function definition for `_longopt'
> 
> I have googled these and have not been able to find anything that
> tells how to fix the problem. Does anybody have any info on how to
> get rid of these?

I googled   _parse_usage   and hit 2 was https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=778282

I know nothing about Xfce or krb5-user, so I can't say whether
this is sufficient to fix your problem, though I am a bit surprised
you didn't turn it up.

Cheers,
David.