[Bug 1199357] [NEW] completion broken for "export"

[wdesmet]

Public bug reported:

I initially asked a question about this on Ask Ubuntu:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/317667/tab-completing-directories-when-
exporting-variables-in-bash-4-2


The problem is that when I try to complete while exporting a variable that contains a directory name, I get the following:
$ export VAR=/home/w<TAB>
$ export /home/wds

While correct behaviour would give me:
$ export VAR=/home/wds

The completion is handled by the script in /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/export, which installs a function _export, seen when running complete -p export which gives:
complete -F _export export

Remove the bash-completion package solves the problem, but of course I'm
now missing all those other completions I might want.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: bash-completion (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-26.38-generic 3.8.13.2
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-26-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jul  9 14:56:38 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-03-03 (858 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: bash-completion
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-05-13 (56 days ago)

** Affects: bash-completion (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug raring

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Title:
  completion broken for "export"

Status in “bash-completion” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I initially asked a question about this on Ask Ubuntu:
  http://askubuntu.com/questions/317667/tab-completing-directories-when-
  exporting-variables-in-bash-4-2

  
  The problem is that when I try to complete while exporting a variable that contains a directory name, I get the following:
  $ export VAR=/home/w<TAB>
  $ export /home/wds

  While correct behaviour would give me:
  $ export VAR=/home/wds

  The completion is handled by the script in /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/export, which installs a function _export, seen when running complete -p export which gives:
  complete -F _export export

  Remove the bash-completion package solves the problem, but of course
  I'm now missing all those other completions I might want.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: bash-completion (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-26.38-generic 3.8.13.2
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-26-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Jul  9 14:56:38 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-03-03 (858 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: bash-completion
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-05-13 (56 days ago)

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