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Re: Bug#489646: /etc/zsh_completion.d/ in Debian -- useful or harmful?

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From: Clint Adams <clint@xxxxxxx>
To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, 489646@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Bug#489646: /etc/zsh_completion.d/ in Debian -- useful or harmful?
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 15:09:14 +0000
Cc: Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@xxxxxxxxx>, Zsh Workers <zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxx>
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On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 09:26:33PM -0600, Dan Nelson wrote:
> How does this differ from the existing ${datadir}/zsh/site-functions
> directory?  Some FreeBSD port management tools install completion
> scripts into that directory and zsh seems to pick them up
> automatically, and it looks like some python-twisted Linux rpms install
> into site_functions too.

In Debian's case, the site-functions directory is reserved strictly
for the machine's administrator(s), and thus packages are forbidden
to populate it.

Follow-Ups:
- Re: Bug#489646: /etc/zsh_completion.d/ in Debian -- useful or harmful?
  - From: Danek Duvall

References:
- /etc/zsh_completion.d/ in Debian -- useful or harmful?
  - From: Richard Hartmann
- Re: /etc/zsh_completion.d/ in Debian -- useful or harmful?
  - From: Dan Nelson

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