1st March 2010 -current - bash completion
 

bash-completion doesn't work in the current -current because /etc/profile.d/bash_completion.sh only sources /etc/bash_completion for versions 2 and 3 of bash, and bash has just been updated to version 4. One must add in support for it into that file.

Where is the best place to tell this to the maintainers?

is this why some of my slackbuilds aren't finishing?

fixed - found this
http://lists.slackbuilds.org/piperma...ch/005316.html

I was having the same problems with my SlackBuild scripts. I just downgraded bash back to bash-3.1, which is what Slackware 13.0 ships with. I haven't seen anything (so far) that requires bash-4, so I'm content to stay with 3.1.

Personally, I think the bash v4 behaviour is the more correct one, and the new behaviour brings it inline with other shells such as ksh. It'll take slackbuild authors a while to adjust to the new scheme that's all.

Anyway, I don't actually think that this is the issue the OP was posting about.

Have you installed the bash-completion package in /extra?

thanks for the report.

Take care,

From the latest -current changelog...

it's not yet on the repository :)
probably Pat forgot to include them

Bash-completion is there but only for x86_64. Since its a -noarch package you might as well use it on 32bit as well.

edit: Regarding SlackBuilds read the following: http://slackbuilds.org/faq/#bash4

Bash completion is available today for x86 -32 bit as well.

http://www.slackware.com/changelog/current.php?cpu=i386

Some people reported its not in the mirrors in 32bit extra/ even in ftp.slackware.com.
But just checked and it is.

yes, i have just rsynced and it's there now :)