Re: Documentation Update

[David J. Haines]

On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 01:59:50PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Dennis Williamson wrote:
> > Bob Proulx wrote:
> > > I see a lot of hits in the bash_completion add-on files.  Should we be
> > > looking at:
> > >
> > >   $ grep -r "shopt -s extglob" /etc/bash*
> > >   /etc/bash_completion.d/nmh:    shopt -s extglob
> > >   /etc/bash_completion.d/libreoffice.sh:    test $g -eq 0 && shopt -s
> > > extglob
> > >   /etc/bash_completion.d/mercurial:shopt -s extglob
> > >   /etc/bash_completion.d/subversion:# pattern matching enabled (use 'shopt
> > > -s extglob progcomp' to enable
> > >   /etc/bash_completion.d/subversion:shopt -s extglob
> >
> > Perhaps you should check for shopt -u extglob reversing those.
> 
> Good point.
> 
>   $ grep -r "shopt -. extglob" /etc/bash*
>   /etc/bash_completion.d/nmh:    orig_opts=$(shopt -p extglob) 
>   /etc/bash_completion.d/nmh:    shopt -s extglob
>   /etc/bash_completion.d/libreoffice.sh:    shopt -q extglob && g=1
>   /etc/bash_completion.d/libreoffice.sh:    test $g -eq 0 && shopt -s extglob
>   /etc/bash_completion.d/libreoffice.sh:                  test $g -eq 0 && 
> shopt -u extglob
>   /etc/bash_completion.d/libreoffice.sh:    test $g -eq 0 && shopt -u extglob
>   /etc/bash_completion.d/mercurial:shopt -s extglob
>   /etc/bash_completion.d/subversion:shopt -s extglob
> 
> Bob

A very good point, indeed. I run Arch, so I was surprised to hear that
any sort of customization by the packager would have taken place. I
built a quick systemd namespace container with a fresh base install, and
sure enough, there extglob was not set. Upon installation of
bash-completion, however, it was.

Thanks for the help!
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