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- added section to KNOWN PROBLEMS about have() only checking for commands

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in $PATH, so that sudo completion ccan't perform subcompletion for commands
  in /sbin and other such directories
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$Id: README,v 1.4 2002/02/25 06:54:16 ianmacd Exp $ $Id: README,v 1.5 2002/02/25 23:02:41 ianmacd Exp $
INSTALLATION INSTALLATION
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but it is highly likely that others remain. If you receive compgen errors while but it is highly likely that others remain. If you receive compgen errors while
attempting completion, please report these incidents to me. attempting completion, please report these incidents to me.
III.
The have() function is used to conserve memory by only installing completion
functions for binaries actually present on your system. The current method of
determining whether or not a binary is present is whether or not it is in your
$PATH.
This approach has the disadvantage that sudo completion will not be able to
perform sub-completion on, say, ifconfig if /sbin is not in your path, which,
as an unprivileged user, it typically isn't.
The work-around for this is to put all directories of binaries for which you
require completion into your $PATH variable.
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Ian Macdonald <ian@caliban.org> Ian Macdonald <ian@caliban.org>