[Bug 482753] Re: bash completion for scp overescapes spaces and does not correctly re-filter ("\\\ " instead of "\ ")

[Rolf Leggewie]

lucid has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any
updates. Marking the lucid task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".

** Changed in: bash-completion (Ubuntu Lucid)
       Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix

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Title:
  bash completion for scp overescapes spaces and does not correctly re-
  filter ("\\\ " instead of "\ ")

Status in bash-completion package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in bash-completion source package in Lucid:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: bash-completion

  OS: Karmic 9.10

  Directory structure on target:

  /home/martin/directory 1/directory 2/file.txt

  Type:

  scp target:/home/martin/directory<TAB><TAB>

  Expected:

  scp target:/home/martin/directory 1/directory 2/

  Actual:

  scp target:/home/martin/directory\\\ 1/

  To summarise, it is impossible to do any further autocompletion once
  the \\\ escape sequence has been given.

  This is caused by the incorrect line:

  		# unescape spaces
  		path=${path//\\\\\\\\ / }

  in contrib/ssh

  It should, instead, read:

  		# unescape spaces
  		path=${path//\\\\}

  Aiming to do a fix for this asap.

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