Seems to have been fixed in Debian, and the fix has reached Ubuntu from Karmic (9.10) onwards.
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #496828 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496828 ** Also affects: bash-completion (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496828 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- bash freezes when using completion as normal user. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/106500 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs