Re: Red-Hat Bug 825751 - bash-completion fails on environment variables

[Linda Walsh]

Clark WANG wrote:
> On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 11:32 PM, John E. Malmberg <wb8tyw@qsl.net> wrote:
> > Actual results:
> > ls \$HOME/
>
> Already discussed for quite a few times. :) For example:
>
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2011-12/msg00079.html
> (patched attached)
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2011-12/msg00035.html
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In reading the messages quoted above, I'm not sure some people
understand the severity of the bug.

This isn't a matter of preference... its a real bug.

Ex:
$ ls $HOME/bin<TAB><RETURN>
"ls: cannot access $HOME/bin: No such file or directory"

It's not about expansion or non-expansion during the editing phase--
that would be a matter of preference, it's that when you hit enter,
it doesn't expand the variables -- which I can't see being useful for
anyone.

Note -- this is the same type of problem as Bash not correcting
the case of path components.

Bash isn't correcting the lines anymore so that final
expansions match real paths...


When I originally heard this discussion, I thought -- it's a matter
of preference, though I think I prefer expansion, I could see times
when it might be a hassle (if the var was a REAL long expansion,
it might overflow the line)...but having it not work at all...

That's not useful for anyone.