dnf tab autocompletion broken for package names after update (Fedora 29)

asked 2019-02-04 00:29:24 -0500

fasulia gravatar image

updated 2019-02-18 00:55:49 -0500

Tab autocompletion works for dnf options, but not for package names. It appears to freeze the command line and I have to hit Ctrl-C twice to get back the command prompt.

I have bash-completion and sqlite packages installed.

Autocompletion used to work on Fedora 28, and this issue started after upgrading to Fedora 29.

Observations on dnf package name tab completion

  • does not work for my user
  • works for root
  • does not work after dnf install or dnf info
  • works after dnf remove (including for my user)

EDIT Using sudo strace -pXXXX -tfo /tmp/strace.log (where XXXX is the process ID of the bash terminal where tab completion is being attempted) from here generated a 9MB 80k+ line log file and attached 55 processes. Suggestions of what hints to look for in there?

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It works on my F29 box, both for dnf options as well as packages.

florian gravatar imageflorian ( 2019-02-04 02:58:28 -0500 )edit

Any idea what I should check? All I know is it used to work on F28 and it no longer does immediately after the update to F29.

fasulia gravatar imagefasulia ( 2019-02-04 03:03:24 -0500 )edit

Try reinstalling bash-completion maybe that fixes some dependency (you need sqlite3 in order for the tab completion to work): sudo dnf install reinstall bash-completion

florian gravatar imageflorian ( 2019-02-04 03:15:01 -0500 )edit

You could also take a look at this Q/A, it could be a similar issue.

florian gravatar imageflorian ( 2019-02-04 03:22:29 -0500 )edit

I already tried reinstalling bash-completion and sqlite (that installs sqlite3, there is no package called sqlite3). Does your system have /etc/bash_completion.d/dnf-completion.bash as mentioned here? Mine does not.

fasulia gravatar imagefasulia ( 2019-02-04 03:36:31 -0500 )edit
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