[ATrpms-users] Bug in atrpms version of bash-completion

[Jeffrey J. Kosowsky]

Axel Thimm wrote at about 11:38:57 +0200 on Wednesday, December 26, 2007:
 > On Tue, Dec 25, 2007 at 07:42:43PM -0500, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote:
 > > Axel, I tried to copy you on the following bugzilla entry I reported at first
 > > (mistakenly) to Fedora thinking this was their rpm before I realized
 > > that you version had superseded the Fedora version
 > > 
 > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=385271
 > > 
 > > In short, the atrpms version of Bash completion silently crashes on
 > > each of the following two lines
 > >    BASH_COMPLETION="${BASH_COMPLETION:-/etc/bash_completion}"
 > >    BASH_COMPLETION_DIR="${BASH_COMPLETION_DIR:=/etc/bash_completion.d}"
 > > with the bad side effect that anything that was supposed to be sourced
 > > after it via (.bash_profile) NEVER occurs.
 > > 
 > > You probably should investigate and fix this.
 > 
 > I think you already reported this (or someone else on (free)nx lists),
 > as this has been fixed 6 weeks ago. Or is this another issue?

Sorry. Didn't realize that. Thanks.
 > 
 > > Also a question for you. What additional functionality does your
 > > version of bash_completion provide that led you to create your own
 > > version of a Fedora core rpm?
 > 
 > I didn't create this package this way, most probably it was part of
 > ATrpms before it appeared in any Fedora repos (first package in ATrpms
 > appeared 3 years ago, e.g. at F(8-2*3) ~= FC2 time, where there wasn't
 > even a Fedora Extras).
 > -- 

So is there any need to continue it as a separate ATRpms package if it
just simply duplicates Fedora functionality? Seems like it then just
adds work, storage requirements, and potential for additional bugs and
confusion without any real benefits.