Re: [PATCH] bash-completion: Fix argument passing to $1

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On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 03:34:53PM +0200, Michal Privoznik wrote:
> Our vsh bash completion string is merely just a wrapper over
> virsh/virt-admin complete (cmdComplete) - a hidden command that
> uses internal readline completion to generate list of candidates.
> But this means that we have to pass some additional arguments to
> the helper process: e.g. connection URI and R/O flag.
> 
> Candidates are printed on a separate line each (and can contain
> space), which means that when bash is reading the helper's output
> into an array, it needs to split items on '\n' char - hence the
> IFS=$'\n' prefix on the line executing the helper. This was
> introduced in b889594a70.
> 
> But this introduced a regression - those extra arguments we might
> pass are stored in a string and previously were split on a space
> character (because $IFS was kept untouched and by default
> contains space). But now, after the fix that's no longer the case
> and thus virsh/virt-admin sees ' -r -c URI' as one argument.
> 
> The solution is to take $IFS out of the picture by storing the
> extra arguments in an array instead of string.
> 
> Fixes: b889594a7092440dc916e3f43eeeaca2684571ee
> Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/bash-completion/vsh | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Makes sense and works.
Reviewed-by: Erik Skultety <eskultet@xxxxxxxxxx>




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