Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: i686
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686'
-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-pc-linux-gnu'
-DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/local/src/gnu/share/locale'
-DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I./include -I./lib -g -O2
uname output: Linux jeanubu 3.2.0-32-generic #51-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 26 21:32:50
UTC 2012 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu
Bash Version: 4.2
Patch Level: 37
Release Status: release
Description:
If I have ul=/usr/local in the environment, I may want to
use a reference to it together with tab completion to go to
the directory /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp.
If I enter "cd $ul/sh" (which has a unique completion) followed
by <TAB>, bash turns my input into the string
"cd \$ul/share "
Since nearly the beginning of time it was turning that input
into
"cd /usr/local/share/"
The old behavior is correct. The new behavior is doubly
clumsy. I need EXTRA input steps to continue with tab
completion toward the target. I can use C-M-E to get
"cd $ul/share "
and then a backspace and "/" plus the normal "em" followed
by <TAB> to get
"cd \$ul/local/share/emacs "
Then two more extra steps with the next layer.
I can't believe that RMS would agree with this change.
Repeat-By:
See above.
Postscript:
The first delivery attempt bounced.
The program bashbug seems not to know how to recognize
a fully qualified domain name (for "From:"). It should be prompting
for that and for SMTP host. (Then there's the issue of SMTP
authentication.)
-- Bill
