Sure - actually not a **bug** in gawk or mawk, but the nuances of that were omitted from the cited discussions (which you appear to not have read - take some time and do that).
** Package changed: mawk (Ubuntu) => gawk (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-meta in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1845529 Title: bash completion in 19.10 shows `awk: line 18: function gensub never defined` on ``umount /dev/<Tab>` Status in bash-completion package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gawk package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu: New Status in Debian: Confirmed Bug description: Steps to reproduce: 1. Install Ubuntu MATE 19.10 using minimal desktop option 2. Open terminal and enter `umount /dev/s` and then hit <Tab> Expected result: * bash completion works as expected Actual results: * bash completion does not work : $ umount /dev/awk: line 18: function gensub never defined awk: line 18: function gensub never defined awk: line 18: function gensub never defined awk: line 18: function gensub never defined $ umount /meawk: line 18: function gensub never defined awk: line 18: function gensub never defined awk: line 18: function gensub never defined awk: line 18: function gensub never defined ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10 Package: bash-completion 1:2.9-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-10.11-generic 5.3.0-rc8 Uname: Linux 5.3.0-10-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: MATE Date: Thu Sep 26 18:46:59 2019 Dependencies: InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-09-26 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Beta amd64 (20190926.1) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: bash-completion UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bash-completion/+bug/1845529/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp