Package: bash
Version: 3.1dfsg-8
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
For completions using the _command function, any attempt to complete
either - or -- results in an error message. For example
time -<Tab>
would print "bash: COMP_WORDS: bad array subscript" and would then print
possible file completions (not limited to files starting with -). I
have attached a patch that I believe fixes the issue (by preventing
indexing past COMP_CWORD and providing a check to stop looping).
Cheers,
Kevin
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--- bash_completion 2007-03-17 14:44:47.000000000 -0400
+++ bash_completion 2007-03-17 14:45:26.000000000 -0400
@@ -3099,9 +3099,9 @@
# switches, get rid of them. Most definitely not foolproof.
done=
while [ -z $done ] ; do
- cmd=${COMP_WORDS[1]}
- if [[ "$cmd" == -* ]] ; then
- for (( i=1 ; i<=COMP_CWORD ; i++)) ; do
+ cmd=${COMP_WORDS[1]}
+ if [[ "$cmd" == -* ]] && [ $COMP_CWORD -gt 1 ]; then
+ for (( i=1 ; i<COMP_CWORD ; i++)) ; do
COMP_WORDS[i]=${COMP_WORDS[i+1]}
done
COMP_CWORD=$(($COMP_CWORD-1))
