chmod 644 /etc/bash_completion.d/argbash ?

[salim-b]

After installing argbash to /usr/bin/ following the official installation instructions and including bash completion, i.e.:

sudo make install PREFIX=/usr INSTALL_COMPLETION=yes

I noticed that the bash completion file /etc/bash_completion.d/argbash has executable bits set while all the other files in the same folder don't.:

$ ls -1l /etc/bash_completion.d

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  6636 Mär 31  2016 apport_completion
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  1370 Feb 28 00:32 argbash
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   408 Aug 21  2015 cryptdisks
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   323 Mär 18  2016 desktop-file-validate
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  2384 Aug 12  2010 dkms
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   439 Jun 13  2016 git-prompt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11144 Apr 16  2016 grub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   736 Mai  7  2013 insserv
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  6596 Jun 28  2016 libreoffice.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20902 Nov 19  2015 maven
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   553 Feb  2  2016 openvpn

Therefore I wonder if it would make sense to chmod 644 the file /etc/bash_completion.d/argbash in the Makefile. I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 and I don't know if the bash completion scripts need to be executable in other distros.

[matejak]

Could you please confirm that this is still an issue in github master? I hope that it got resolved already as #104

[salim-b]

Well, I just realized another thing: The path construction in resources/Makefile is pretty much broken 😒

You set the following defaults:

argbash/resources/Makefile

Lines 45 to 49 in c73f667

	PREFIX ?= $(HOME)/.local
	PREFIXED_LIBDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/lib
	SYSCONFDIR ?= /etc
	BASH_COMPLETION_DIRECTORY ?= $(SYSCONFDIR)/bash_completion.d
	ROOT ?= /

And then construct paths like this:

argbash/resources/Makefile

Line 166 in c73f667

mkdir -p "$(ROOT)/$(PREFIX)/bin"

This cannot work... and will (in my case) result in the attempt to

mkdir -p "///home/salim/.local/bin"

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I've now succesfully installed the argbash on user-level (Ubuntu 20.04) using:

make install ROOT="" PREFIX=home/salim/.local BASH_COMPLETION_DIRECTORY=home/salim/.local/share/bash-completion INSTALL_COMPLETION=yes

(~/.local/share/bash-completion is the default user-level bash-completion dir if $XDG_DATA_HOME is unset, at least for bash-completion 2.9+, see Q. Where should I install my own local completions?).

Remaining issue: man argbash gives me an empty manpage...

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Could you please confirm that this is still an issue in github master? I hope that it got resolved already as #104

I have no idea (I only tested the latest version 2.8.1) and I don't feel like cluttering up my system anymore with files that have been installed bypassing proper package managers, sorry.

The bash-completion file installed on user-level by the above command has exection bits set (but that's probably not what you wanted to know):

$ ls -1la /home/salim/.local/share/bash-completion/argbash 
-rwxrwxr-x 1 salim salim 1370 Jul  9 18:59 /home/salim/.local/share/bash-completion/argbash

[matejak]

What's wrong with ///home/salim/.local/bin besides that it looks weird? It is the same as /home/salim/.local/bin which is the directory to install user software, as you are already on board with.

[salim-b]

What's wrong with ///home/salim/.local/bin besides that it looks weird? It is the same as /home/salim/.local/bin which is the directory to install user software, as you are already on board with.

Ah crap, you're right. 🤐 Didn't realize that, thanks.

[matejak]

I close this as duplicate of #104, as a new version will be released later this month, you can reopen if you still see the issue.