bash_completion syntax error

[Marius Gedminas]

On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 07:24:58PM +0100, Marco Mandl wrote:
> after upgrading to edgy I had to rename /etc/bash_completion and
> /etc/bash_completion.d because multiple syntax errors in these files where
> preventing the gnome session from starting.

Gnome session should not source /etc/bash_completion in any case.  In
edgy this breaks because .gnomerc is processed by a POSIX shell (dash)
instead of bash.

> I have not found any indications that others have the same problem. Very
> strange.

I had it.  I fixed it this way: my ~/.gnomerc contains

  # import environment ($PATH and other stuff), but first make sure the
  # noninteractive shell check works in my .bashrc.   Yes, this is a hack.
  old_PS1=$PS1
  export PS1=
  . ~/.bash_profile
  PS1=$old_PS1

my ~/.bash_profile has only

  if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
      . ~/.bashrc
  fi
  if [ -d ~/bin ] ; then
      PATH=~/bin:"${PATH}"
  fi

and my ~/.bashrc has only environment variable settings before this line:

  # If not running interactively, don't do anything
  [ -z "$PS1" ] && return

and bash_completion is sourced after it.

HTH,
Marius Gedminas
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