Bug 639840

Summary:	sys-apps/util-linux-2.30.2 - /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/fsck: find can take a long time due to symlinks
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Robert Forsman <gentoo>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Robert Forsman 2017-12-04 20:32:59 UTC

In /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/fsck from sys-apps/util-linux-2.30.2 the final COMPREPLY= uses $(find -L /dev/ -type b 2> /dev/null) .

On my computer this ended up diving into /dev/fd/3/.wine/dosdevices/z: which is a symlink to / (the root) and things quickly got stupid.  The shell prompt became non-interactive.

The COMPREPLY used in util-linux-2.28.2 uses $(lsblk -pnro name) which does not have this problem.

You probably want to adjust the completion function back to lsblk, or at least something that doesn't render the shell noninteractive.

Comment 1 Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2017-12-06 15:11:26 UTC

Upstream already fixed it via https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/d22c1f533275ebf7060d9aa6dffc3ef265e81176

Comment 2 Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2021-07-07 19:13:36 UTC

Fixed in >=v2.32.