This looks like it's fixed in etch already:
[0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ grep DEBUG /etc/bash_completion
[ -n "${BASH_COMPLETION_DEBUG:-}" ] && set -v || set +v
[0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ dpkg -l bash
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-========-==========-=======================================================
ii bash 3.1-4 The GNU Bourne Again SHell
[0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$
Someone responsible for bash should feel free to close this bug.
--dkg
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