[Bug 941715] Re: $var expanded to \$var not value of var (REGRESSION)

[jimav]

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Title:
  $var expanded to \$var not value of var (REGRESSION)

Status in “bash-completion” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Completions involving $Varname are erroneously replaced by \$Varname rather than the value of the variable.
  This is a regression since an earlier Ubuntu release.

  For example,  if  a file 'typescript' exists in your home directory,
  then typing

     ls $HOME/type<tab>

  gives you

     ls \$HOME/typescript

  (the actual characters output as a result of typeing <tab> were
  ^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H\$HOME/typescript ^M)

  The expected result is

     ls /home/jima/typescript  # for example

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: bash-completion 1:1.3-1ubuntu6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-16.28-generic 3.0.17
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-16-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Feb 26 17:33:13 2012
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: bash-completion
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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