Installing bash-completion package slows down bash startup 20-30x

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

On 11/16/2010 12:14 PM, Jim Garrison wrote:
> Apologies if this is a duplicate, I never saw it appear on the list.
>
> After installing bash-completion, bash startup goes from about 1/2  second to
> 10-15 seconds.  During this time, the bash process (as viewed in Process
> Explorer) consumes almost no CPU time, but the System process (PID 4) is
> pegged at 100% on one core.  As soon as bash finishes starting up PID4 cpu
> time goes to zero.  This is highly repeatable on my system:
>
> Win7Pro X64
> Intel i7-920
> 12GB memory
>
> I removed bash-completion and bash startup time went back to the usual 1/2
> second.

This is a known upstream issue that's been reported to the list in the past.
The current plan is to adopt the fix when it is released.

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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
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