Package: bash Version: 3.1dfsg-8 Severity: normal As of the version of bash in etch, perl [opts] <tab> does not complete possible filenames.
I'm not pretending to understand how bash tab completion works, but having examined the diff of /etc/bash_completion between sarge and etch, reverting the change: @@ -4306,7 +5205,7 @@ -n -a -F -l -0 -I -m -M -P -S -x -i -e ' -- $cur ) ) return 0 } -complete -F _perl $default perl +complete -F _perl $filenames perl _perldoc() { seems to fix the problem for me. (a workaround for other wanting to fix this issue in the interim, without having to delve into the monolithic file, is the following: echo 'complete -F _perl $default perl' > /etc/bash_completion.d/fix-perl ) -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-4-686 Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages bash depends on: ii base-files 4 Debian base system miscellaneous f ii debianutils 2.17 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13etch5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libncurses5 5.5-5 Shared libraries for terminal hand bash recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]