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   Michael J. Astrauskas to Mark Hobley   
   Re: The bash-completion USE flag is bein   
   25 Nov 07 23:42:37   
   
   From: trevie@nospam.cox.net   
      
   Mark Hobley wrote:   
   > On a newly built Gentoo system, I had an entry in the USE field of   
   > /etc/make.conf as follows:   
   >   
   >  -bash-completion   
   >   
   > I was expecting this to omit the command line completion capability from the   
   > bash shell. However, on booting the computer for the first time, I notice   
   that   
   > the shell still performs command line completion when I press the tab key.   
   >   
   > Any ideas?   
   >   
   > Mark.   
      
   Mark,   
      
      I could be mistaken, but I think the "bash-completion" use variable   
   adds *context* to bash's completion, such as only being able to   
   auto-complete directories for the "cd" command. Thus, removing the   
   variable removes the enhanced completion but not the general completion.   
      
   --   
     - Michael J. Astrauskas   
      
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