Ubuntu
upstart package

There is no bash-completion for the commands in upstart

Bug #672067 reported by Jan Claeys on 2010-11-07

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	upstart	Fix Released	Wishlist	James Hunt
	upstart (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Wishlist	James Hunt

Bug Description

Binary package hint: upstart

Currently there is no "bash-completion" (tab-completion for commands in bash) for the commands provided in the upstart package ('initctl', 'start', 'stop', 'status', etc.).

Thanks to "mark" at http://askubuntu.com/questions/10808/auto-complete-for-startable-stopable-services to bring this to our attention.

PS: maybe completion support for other shells is also desirable.

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Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar) wrote on 2010-12-13:

Hi Jan, thanks for taking the time to file this report!

Indeed, neither upstart nor the bash-completion package provide this functionality, though it would be extremely helpful.

Marking Confirmed, setting Importance to Wishlist.

Changed in upstart (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed
importance:	Undecided → Wishlist

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James Hunt (jamesodhunt) wrote on 2010-12-13:

upstart bash completion script Edit (3.7 KiB, text/x-sh)

Hi Jan,

I have written a bash-completion script which I hope to get packaged soon. The script is attached if you wish to try it.

To use, save the file as $HOME/.bash_completion

James Hunt (jamesodhunt) on 2010-12-21

Changed in upstart (Ubuntu):
assignee:	nobody → James Hunt (jamesodhunt)
status:	Confirmed → In Progress

James Hunt (jamesodhunt) on 2010-12-21

Changed in upstart (Ubuntu):
status:	In Progress → Fix Committed

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James Hunt (jamesodhunt) wrote on 2011-01-31:

This is in the trunk and should be available in upstart-0.6.8 (natty).

Scott James Remnant (scott) on 2011-03-02

Changed in upstart (Ubuntu):
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released
status:	Fix Released → Fix Committed
Changed in upstart:
status:	New → Fix Released
importance:	Undecided → Wishlist
assignee:	nobody → James Hunt (jamesodhunt)

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Juan Simón (simonbcn) wrote on 2011-03-28:

In reply to #2 (James Hunt)

I test that script on Ubuntu 10.04 but "have: command not found"
In what package is this command?

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2011-05-10:

Setting to Fix Released:

upstart (0.9.1-1ubuntu2) natty; urgency=low

  * debian/control: Added Suggests for python, graphviz and
    bash-completion.
  * debian/rules: Invoke bash-completion add-on explicitly.
  * debian/manpages/upstart-events.7: New man page.
  * debian/upstart.bash-completion: Install bash completion.
  * debian/upstart.manpages: Install upstart-events.7.

-- James Hunt <email address hidden> Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:16:26 +0000