[Bug 546794] Re: [revert, causes errors] Smarter lib* aware autocompletion?

[zika]

When I try given example, I get (after removing ";") (after pressing
"Tab"):

~$ apt-get install clu
clustalw                        libclutter-1.0-dbg
clustalw-mpi                    libclutter-1.0-dev
clustalx                        libclutter-1.0-doc
cluster3                        libclutter-doc
cluster-agents                  libcluttergesture-0.0.2-0
cluster-glue                    libcluttergesture-0.0.2-0-dbg
cluster-glue-dev                libcluttergesture-dev
cluster-messaging-framework     libclutter-gst-0.10-0
clusterssh                      libclutter-gst-0.10-dbg
clustlaw                        libclutter-gst-0.10-dev
clutch                          libclutter-gst-doc
libclucene0                     libclutter-gtk-0.10-0
libclucene0ldbl                 libclutter-gtk-0.10-dbg
libclucene-dev                  libclutter-gtk-0.10-dev
libcluceneindex0                libclutter-gtk-0.10-doc
libcluceneindex-dev             libclutter-gtk-doc
libcluster-glue                 libclutter-imcontext-0.1-0
libcluster-glue-dev             libclutter-imcontext-0.1-0-dbg
libclutk-0.2-0                  libclutter-imcontext-0.1-dev
libclutk-dev                    libclutter-imcontext-0.1-doc
libclutter-0.1-doc              libclutter-perl
libclutter-1.0-0                

Is that what I was supposed to get...?

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[revert, causes errors] Smarter lib* aware autocompletion?
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/546794
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Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
Status in “bash-completion” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed

Bug description:
This patch has lead to serious errors (comments #6, #7) and has clearly never been tested.  It should be reverted (debdiff in comment #8).

[ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION:]
Binary package hint: apt

Wouldn't it be nice if when typing

apt-get install clu [press tab]

showed libclutter-* etc...

If the autocomplete was just capable of ignoring this common prefix, it would be easier to find a lot of things

:)