rsync (3.3.0) autocomplete not working with escapes and spaces

[devnulljp]

As of latest update (Kubuntu 24.10, 6.11.0-9-generic), autocomplete no longer works properly with rsync (3.3.0) for file/directory names with spaces
Example:
touch file\ 1.txt
If I do rsync -avz fi
and hit return it autocompletes as normal to
rsync -avz file\ 1.txt <destination directory>
But, if I try rsync -avz file\ and it return, it doesn't autocomplete

I see there's an issue with rsync versions (> 3.2.4) and (older) versions of bash-completion
(https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/pull/910)

This happens on my own machine, not just over ssh

Any ideas how to fix it?

[devnulljp]

Looks like an rsync bug -- anyone got a workaround It's killing my productivity.

[oshunluvr]

Downgrade the package

[devnulljp]

Downgrade the package

How?
I guess I could try compiling from source, but that opens up a whole can of worm with dependencies.
Is there a ppa somewhere?

[Snowhog]

How?

See https://www.makeuseof.com/how-to-dow...itting%20Enter.

[devnulljp]

See https://www.makeuseof.com/how-to-downgrade-packages-linux/#:~:text=On%20Ubuntu%20and%20Debian,number%20you%2 0want%20to%20install.&text=APT%20will%20warn%20you %20about,%22Y%22%20and%20hitting%20Enter.

The ubuntu repositories only have the latest version

apt-cache madison rsync
rsync | 3.3.0-1 | http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oracular/main amd64 Packages

apt list -a rsync
rsync/oracular,now 3.3.0-1 amd64 [installed,automatic​

[devnulljp]

This is a weird issue