Bug#739835: ~ vs. filename expansion

[Dan Jacobson]

X-debbugs-cc: chet.ramey@case.edu bug-bash@gnu.org
Package: bash-completion
Version: 1:2.1-2

>>>>> "CR" == Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> writes:
CR> On 2/21/14, 9:33 PM, Dan Jacobson wrote:
>> Hitting TAB twice at the end of
>> nobody@jidanni5:/$ : /home/jidanni/jidanni.org/location/directions/
>> nobody@jidanni5:/$ : ~jidanni/jidanni.org/location/directions/
>> shows a list of list of the filenames for the former, but not the
>> latter. Indeed the for the latter one will have to type the filenames in
>> by hand. BASH_VERSION='4.3.0(1)-rc2'

CR> I can't reproduce this on Mac OS X or RHEL 5.  Are you sure it's not
CR> bash-completion?

Indeed, I see that package is installed on my jidanni5 machine where the
problem occurred, but not on my jidanni6 machine where I am today where
I cannot reproduce it. OK I will remove the bash-completion package on
my jidanni5 machine. If anybody is interested, all one needs to do is su
- nobody to get the pristine testing environment to reproduce it there
on Debian sid.