GNU bug report logs - #42752
[PATCH core-updates] gnu: bash: Make completions work in non-login shells.

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: Jakub Kądziołka <kuba <at> kadziolka.net>

Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 22:15:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug, patch

Done: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 42752 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>
To: Jakub Kądziołka <kuba <at> kadziolka.net>
Cc: 42752 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#42752] [PATCH core-updates] gnu: bash: Make completions work
 in non-login shells.
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 11:25:12 +0200

Hey Jakub,

> Currently, /etc/bashrc is only loaded by /etc/profile. Because the
> former is responsible for setting up command-specific completions, they
> currently only work in login shells. This patch configures bash to load
> /etc/bashrc in interactive non-login shells, as by default no
> system-wide configuration is loaded.

/etc/bashrc is also loaded by ~/.bashrc in "default-skeletons". So your
patch would cover the case of an interactive, non-login shell run by a
logged in user without the default ~/.bashrc file, right?

Thanks,

Mathieu
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