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[Peter Cordes <peter@xxxxxxxxx>]

So to be clear, the changes I'm suggesting are:

* /etc/skel/.bashrc (pkg=base-files) change the progcomp check to an un-commented
# enable programmable completion
[[ -e /etc/profile.d/bash_completion.sh ]] && . /etc/profile.d/bash_completion.sh

* /etc/bash.bashrc (pkg=bash): remove the progcomp commented-out section, maybe replace with a comment like:
# enable programmable completion with this line, here or (default) in ~/.bashrc
# [[ -e /etc/profile.d/bash_completion.sh ]] && . /etc/profile.d/bash_completion.sh

Root's /root/.bashrc doesn't come into play on an ubuntu system,
normally. Even if you use sudo -s, HOME doesn't change, so you still get
your own ~/.bashrc

If you're mucking around with testing corner cases, put
echo "bash_completion callstack: ${BASH_SOURCE[*]}"
 in /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion to get output like
bash_completion callstack: /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion /etc/profile.d/bash_completion.sh /home/peter/.bashrc

 Or drop that line into /etc/bash_completion.d/trace, if you don't want
to modify a non-conffile.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1173728

Title:
  bash programmable completion not loaded by default

Status in base-files package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in bash-completion package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I don't know it's bug or feature, but [TAB] autocomplete won't work
  with sudo on 13.04 (and 12.10 too). To fix this, you need to uncomment
  some lines in /etc/bash.bashrc and then [TAB] autocomplete will work.

  http://askubuntu.com/questions/209778/auto-completion-does-not-work-
  for-sudo-apt-get-install

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: bash 4.2-5ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sat Apr 27 22:03:33 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-26 (1 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: bash
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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