Drop support for bash < 3.2.

README

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
   . /etc/bash_completion
 fi
 
-(if you happen to have *only* bash >= 3, see further if not)
+(if you happen to have *only* bash >= 3.2 installed, see further if not)
 
 If you don't have the package readily available for your distribution, or
 you simply don't want to do this, put the bash_completion file somewhere
@@ -98,36 +98,6 @@ function used by mutt completion, where the function calls itself
 recursively. This seems to confuse bash and it issues spurious
 warnings if 'nounset' is set.
 
-V.
-
-After upgrading to bash 3.1, you may notice that completing on certain
-commands now fails with a message something like this:
-
-   sed: -e expression #1, char 20: unterminated `s' command
-
-The reason for this is that bash 3.1 contains the following,
-innocent-looking bug fix (from bash's CHANGES file):
-
-  t.  Fixed a bug that caused the expanded value of a $'...' string
-      to be incorrectly re-quoted if it occurred within a
-      double-quoted ${...} parameter expansion.
-
-Unfortunately, this also had the side effect of causing single quotes
-to be stripped from $'...' strings inside double-quoted command
-substitutions. Confused?
-
-Efforts have been made to work around this issue in the bash
-completion code as of the 20060301 release. All previous versions are
-vulnerable to the problem. However, it's possible that, even in the
-20060301 release and later, affected code remains.
-
-The issue has now been officially recognised as a regression in the
-bash 3.1 release and is fixed by official patch 11. If you encounter
-problems of this nature, please apply the patch below to your copy of
-bash:
-
-	ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-3.1-patches/bash31-011
-
 
 FAQ
 ---
@@ -318,10 +288,10 @@ guidelines in mind:
   start interpreters. Use lightweight programs such as grep(1), awk(1)
   and sed(1).
 
-- Use the full power of bash >= 3. We no longer support earlier bash
+- Use the full power of bash >= 3.2. We no longer support earlier bash
   versions, so you may as well use all the features of that version of
   bash to optimise your code. However, be careful when using features
-  added since bash 3.0, since not everyone will be able to use them. Be
+  added since bash 3.2, since not everyone will be able to use them. Be
   ESPECIALLY careful of using features exclusive to 4.x, as many people
   are still using 3.x.
 

TODO

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ bash completion needs to be rewritten from the ground up.
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 
 bash completion really needs to be rewritten from the ground up, using all of
-the features available in bash 3.1 and without regard for compatibility with
+the features available in bash 3.2+ and without regard for compatibility with
-the 2.x line.
+earlier versions.
 
 At that time, it should be split into multiple files for easier source
 management. Whether or not it is actually installed on the destination

bash_completion

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-#   bash_completion - programmable completion functions for bash 3.x
+#   bash_completion - programmable completion functions for bash 3.2+
 #
 #   Copyright © 2006-2008, Ian Macdonald <ian@caliban.org>
 #             © 2009-2010, Bash Completion Maintainers

bash_completion.sh.in

@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 [ -z "$BASH_VERSION" -o -z "$PS1" -o -n "$BASH_COMPLETION" ] && return
 
 # Check for recent enough version of bash.
-bash=${BASH_VERSION%.*}; bmajor=${bash%.*}
+bash=${BASH_VERSION%.*}; bmajor=${bash%.*}; bminor=${bash#*.}
-if [ $bmajor -ge 3 -a -r @sysconfdir@/bash_completion ]; then
+if [ $bmajor -gt 3 ] || [ $bmajor -eq 3 -a $bminor -ge 2 ]; then
-    # Source completion code.
+    if [ -r @sysconfdir@/bash_completion ]; then
-    . @sysconfdir@/bash_completion
+        # Source completion code.
+        . @sysconfdir@/bash_completion
+    fi
 fi
-unset bash bmajor
+unset bash bmajor bminor