BUG: bash_completion package consistently omitting critical file

BUG: bash_completion package consistently omitting critical file

[matthew patton]

Every recent version that I can remember has been missing the most important file of all: /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion
Why? What is wrong with the packaging process if we're building from the source? The origin has always lived at https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/blob/master/bash_completion

Re: BUG: bash_completion package consistently omitting critical file

[Marco Atzeri]

On 08.01.2021 08:11, matthew patton via Cygwin wrote:
> Every recent version that I can remember has been missing the most important file of all: /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion
> Why? What is wrong with the packaging process if we're building from the source? The origin has always lived at https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/blob/master/bash_completion
> --

Dear Matthew,

 From what I see on
https://cygwin.com/packages/x86_64/bash-completion/bash-completion-2.7-1

the package is there
   usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion

What is the output of :

    cygcheck -c bash-completion

?

Re: BUG: bash_completion package consistently omitting critical file

[Marco Atzeri]

please reply to the mailing list

On 08.01.2021 09:04, matthew patton wrote:
>> What is the output of :     cygcheck -c bash-completion
> 
> well that's friggin' annoying. It came up blank.
> 
> So I went back to the installer and it's not selected. And yet every 
> time I install Cygwin I select it and I always end up with a partial 
> (broken) install that's missing that file as well as 'helpers/' but have 
> a bunch of other supporting directories and a reasonably populated 
> 'completions/'.

look on /var/log/setup.log.full for hints

> 
> now I get '2.7-1'. Is there a package conflict during a fresh install?
> 
> I guess I need to do another clean install to see if I can duplicate.


Regards
Marco