completion /usr/lib/snapd/etelpmoc.sh error

Metadata

Project: snapcraft (launchpad)
Number: #1863961
Type: issue
State: open
Author: ~casper-dcl
Labels: —
Created: 2020-02-19 10:43 PM UTC
Updated: 2020-02-19 10:43 PM UTC
Closed: —

Current evaluation

Snapd's etelpmoc.sh completion wrapper fails inside a snap: /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion is missing, so tab completion breaks for the gh CLI on Ubuntu 16.04/snapd 2.43.2. Open ~6.5 years, no maintainer activity; bug is in snapd, not snapcraft.

Suggested action: close stale

Reason: The issue is 2385 days old with zero comments, no labels, and no maintainer interaction, and it targets snapd 2.43.2 on Ubuntu 16.04, both long past end-of-life. The reporter's own test (sourcing /snap/gh/current/completion.sh works) shows the snap's completion script is fine, so the defect is in snapd's etelpmoc.sh wrapper, not in snapcraft, making the issue no longer actionable in this project.

Impact: 15 Quick Win: 9.0 Staleness: 95 Complexity: 40 Confidence: 75 Support Request: 15

Issue body

$ snap version snap 2.43.2 snapd 2.43.2 series 16 ubuntu 16.04 kernel 4.15.0-58-generic $ snap run --command=complete gh 9 9 3 1 " " 'gh ' gh "" /bin/bash: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (en_GB.UTF-8) /usr/lib/snapd/etelpmoc.sh: line 71: /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion: No such file or directory /snap/gh/x4/completion.sh: line 16: _get_comp_words_by_ref: command not found default According to https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/debugging-tab-completion/4198 this is a bug: > If you see a different error from etelpmoc.sh, most like we broke something! So sorry. Please let us know; we’ll sort it. > Most often though you’ll see an error from your script. You should be able to debug as usual, here. Completion doesn't work at all. However manually running $ . /snap/gh/current/completion.sh works so there's nothing wrong with the completion script itself. $ snap run --shell gh $ cd $SNAP /snap/gh/x5$ /snap/gh/x5$ source /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion bash: /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion: No such file or directory Source repo with snapcraft.yml: https://github.com/casperdcl/cli/tree/snap

Evaluation history

Date	Model	Scores	Action	Summary
2026-09-01 09:24 AM UTC	qwen/qwen3.8-27b	Impact: 15 Quick Win: 9.0 Staleness: 95 Complexity: 40 Confidence: 75 Support Request: 15	close stale	Snapd's etelpmoc.sh completion wrapper fails inside a snap: /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion is missing, so tab completion breaks for the gh CLI on Ubuntu 16.04/snapd 2.43.2. Open ~6.5 years, no maintainer activity; bug is in snapd, not snapcraft.
2026-07-23 02:09 PM UTC	qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b	Staleness: 95 Complexity: 15 Confidence: 80 Support Request: 70	needs triage	Reports snapd etelpmoc.sh completion error on Ubuntu 16.04 due to missing bash-completion file. Unlabeled, zero maintainer comments, inactive for over six years.
2026-07-22 01:26 PM UTC	qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b	Staleness: 95 Complexity: 20 Confidence: 90 Support Request: 10	close stale	snapd completion script fails with missing bash_completion path on Ubuntu 16.04. Reported over 6 years ago with zero maintainer interaction. Environment is EOL and outdated.
2026-07-10 04:52 AM UTC	qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6	Staleness: 98 Complexity: 25 Confidence: 90 Support Request: 75	close stale	Reports bash-completion errors in snapd's etelpmoc.sh helper script. The issue is over 6 years old, lacks maintainer interaction, and targets an EOL Ubuntu version with a missing system package.
2026-06-21 07:19 PM UTC	qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6	Staleness: 95 Complexity: 15 Confidence: 90 Support Request: 85	close stale	Reports bash completion failure in snapd's etelpmoc.sh due to missing bash-completion package on Ubuntu 16.04. Issue is over 6 years old, unlabelled, and relates to obsolete software versions.

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