BUG: bash_completion package consistently omitting critical file

[Marco Atzeri]

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On 08.01.2021 09:04, matthew patton wrote:
>> What is the output of :     cygcheck -c bash-completion
> 
> well that's friggin' annoying. It came up blank.
> 
> So I went back to the installer and it's not selected. And yet every 
> time I install Cygwin I select it and I always end up with a partial 
> (broken) install that's missing that file as well as 'helpers/' but have 
> a bunch of other supporting directories and a reasonably populated 
> 'completions/'.

look on /var/log/setup.log.full for hints

> 
> now I get '2.7-1'. Is there a package conflict during a fresh install?
> 
> I guess I need to do another clean install to see if I can duplicate.


Regards
Marco