[Bug 1645815] Re: apt install of local debs does not tab-complete

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This bug was fixed in the package apt - 1.4~beta2

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apt (1.4~beta2) unstable; urgency=high

  [ John R. Lenton ]
  * bash-completion: Only complete understood file paths for install
    (LP: #1645815)

  [ Julian Andres Klode ]
  * SECURITY UPDATE: gpgv: Check for errors when splitting files (CVE-2016-1252)
    Thanks to Jann Horn, Google Project Zero for reporting the issue
    (LP: #1647467)
  * gpgv: Flush the files before checking for errors

 -- Julian Andres Klode <jak at debian.org>  Thu, 08 Dec 2016 15:21:16
+0100

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Fix Released

** CVE added: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-
bin/cvename.cgi?name=2016-1252

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Title:
  apt install of local debs does not tab-complete

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  this fails:

  $ touch xyzzy.deb
  $ apt install xyzzy<tab>

  because the completion support for install is using _filedir wrong.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: apt 1.2.15
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-47.68-generic 4.4.24
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-47-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Tue Nov 29 17:51:57 2016
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-07-05 (147 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
  SourcePackage: apt
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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