Re: Mailcheck during completion

[Martin von Gagern]

Hi Chet,

thanks for the swift reply!

On 11.08.2011 15:54, Chet Ramey wrote:
> I suspect that you have a completion defined for `ls' and it's running a
> command or process substitution that's causing the mail check.  Can you
> run `set -x', then attempt the completion again and post the results?

Yes, there is a completion function for ls coming from the _longopt
function from the bash-completion project at debian:
http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=bash-completion/bash-completion.git;a=blob;f=bash_completion;h=66019379fe1e9ef9b1010bff53a0dc1baf4e73d9;hb=7c81ef895455d0f7543c65789ff62808e7465578#l1540

With -x enabled, I see several subprocess lines, i.e. lines indented by
two + instead of one. Some triggered by eval, others by $(...).

I wonder why this breaks things. After all, those subshells should never
print a prompt, should never even look for interactive input. But I take
it you've got your reasons to suspect them. Can this be fixed?

Greetings,
 Martin

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