bug#15022: [Kevin Layer] 24.3: BUG REPORT: comint completion yields error

[Kevin Layer]

Michael Heerdegen wrote:

>> Hi,
>> 
>> > You need a directory with .rpm files in it.  Let's call that
>> > /foo/bar/.  Then,
>> >
>> > emacs -q
>> > M-x shell RET
>> > rpm --install /foo/bar/<TAB>
>> >
>> > where <TAB> is you pressing the TAB key.  I get this:
>> >
>> > Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable regexp)
>> >   signal(void-variable (regexp))
>> >   completion--some...
>> >   completion--nth-completion...
>> >   completion-try-completion...
>> >   completion--do-completion()
>> >   minibuffer-complete()
>> >   call-interactively(minibuffer-complete)
>> >   ...
>> >   apply...
>> >   ...
>> >   completion-in-region...
>> >   completion-at-point()
>> >   call-interactively(completion-at-point nil nil)
>> 
>> FWIW; I can't reproduce this here.  This is
>> GNU Emacs 24.3.50.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.8.2)
>> of 2013-08-04 on dex, modified by Debian.
>> 
>> Does this also happen with emacs -Q (capital "Q")?

Yes, it does for me.

$ rpm --install /tftpboot/<TAB>

just yielded the error on my system.

Is 24.3.50 halfway to the next emacs version?  Maybe it's fixed there.

>> 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Michael.