SOLUTION: This was a bug in bash which is fixed in patch bash4.2-029. See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2012-07/msg00018.html
I build from source as follows: - downlaod bash-4.2.tar.gz from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/bash/ - extract - download patches bash42-001 through bash42-029 (actually I did all through 037) from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/bash/bash-4.2-patches/ - apply patches - ./configure --prefix=/usr/local; make; make install Using this /usr/local/bash fixes the problem -- tab completion on environment variables works again. Can these patches please be applied to the package in precise and oneiric? Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/778627 Title: In natty, bash completion now quotes shell variable references rather than expanding them To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bash/+bug/778627/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
