SUMMARY: tcsh behaviour (tab-completion) changes in version tcsh 6.11.00

dear sunmanagers,

thanks to Vinh Cao and Russ LeBar for the quick answers:

This is a known bug with patch 110943-02:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/private-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=bug%2Futility%2Ftc
sh%2F4962802&zone_110=4962802%2A%20

So I backed out patch 110943-02.

Since 110943-02 is actually recommended against a minor security
vulnerability (see
http://www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2003/Dec/1008547.html, I believe
this is the reason why 110943-02 is still in the cluster) I decided to
remove SUNWtcsh altogether and compiled the latest tcsh version
6.12.00 from sources and installed in /usr/local. This version doesn't
have the problem anymore.

Thanks again,
        Barbara

p.s. btw, a reboot, as someone recommended, didn't help.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sunmanagers-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:sunmanagers-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Barbara
> Schelkle
> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 6:52 PM
> To: sunmanagers
> Subject: tcsh behaviour (tab-completion) changes in version
> tcsh 6.11.00
>
>
> all,
> I am using /bin/tcsh as my login shell. I just installed the latest
> recommended patch cluster for Solaris 8. Since then, my tcsh behaves
> differently. The completion mechanism of the shell doesn't work
> properly anymore.
> For example before I applied the patch cluster, I got:
>
> > set autolist
> > ls /etc/sys<TAB>
> sysdef@      sysevent/    sysidcfg     syslog.conf  syslog.pid@
> system
> > ls /etc/sys
>
> meaning that I was showed the list of possible completions, since
> "/etc/sys" is still ambiguos.
>
> Now, after I installed the latest patch cluster I get:
>
> > set autolist
> > ls /etc/sys
> 0c      0c    0c 0c  0c
> > ls /etc/sys
>
> Actually it looks like the completion still works, but something is
> wrong with displaying the choices. I only get long lists of "0c"
> characters, wherever I type <TAB>.
>
> The completion works fine with bash.
> No userspecific .tcshrc or .cshrc files are involved.
> Changing the TERM variable doesn't make a difference it seems.
> tcsh version is now
> tcsh 6.11.00 (Astron) 2001-09-02 (sparc-sun-solaris) options
> 8b,nls,dl,al,rh,color
> before the patch cluster install it was
> tcsh 6.10.00 (Astron) 2000-11-19 (sparc-sun-solaris) options
> 8b,nls,dl,al,rh,color
> I believe.
>
> Any help?
>
> Thanks,
>       Barbara
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