Bug#1137545: bash-completion: dpkg --simulate missing from completions

Guillem Jover <[email protected]> Mon, 25 May 2026 04:55:46 +0200

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Control: reassign -1 bash-completion
Control: retitle -1 bash-completion: dpkg --simulate missing from completions

Hi!

On Mon, 2026-05-25 at 08:54:43 +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> Package: dpkg

> $ dpkg --s<TAB>
> --search             --set-selections     --status             --status-logger=
> --selected-only      --skip-same-version  --status-fd
> 
> Same with --dry-run
> 
> $ dpkg --version
> Debian 'dpkg' package management program version 1.22.22 (arm64).

Unfortunately dpkg, does not (yet) ship its own bash completion, so it
cannot be currently fixed here. The current completion is owned by
bash-completion itself.

Thanks,
Guillem