Arch Linux

Description:

I upgraded bash from 3.2-017 to 3.2-025 on both i686 and x86_64 find the same nasty little surprise on both: source /etc/bash_completion exits with an error after processing only a statement or two. Downgrading to bash-3.2-017 restores goodness.

Example of badness:

$ set -x
$ . /etc/bash_completion
+ . /etc/bash_completion
++ '[' -n '' ']'
++ set +v
$

Peeking at /etc/bash_completion shows that a few more commands probably ought to be executed. This seems to have broader implications: in my ~/.bash_profile, I source /etc/bash_completions, but nothing after the line of ~/.bash_profile that sources /etc/bash_completions gets executed. Ie:

$ cat test.sh
#!/bin/sh

echo one

. /etc/bash_completion

echo two
$ . test.sh
one
$

Steps to reproduce:

- upgrade to bash-3.2-025, then:

$ . /etc/bash_completion
$ echo $?
1

Or try the script snippet I posted above.