README updated: explain how to use bash-completion correctly.

(Closes: #482383)

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/README b/README
index 2ddaf8dc..8b2e5df7 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -3,13 +3,23 @@ INSTALLATION
 
 The easiest way to install this software is to use a package, such as
 the RPM that I maintain for Red Hat Linux, the .deb package for
-Debian/GNU Linux or Ubuntu, etc.
+Debian/GNU Linux or Ubuntu, etc. You still need to source it from either
+/etc/bashrc or ~/.bashrc (or any other file sourcing those). You can do
+this by simply using:
 
-If that's not an option or you simply don't want to do this, put the
-bash_completion file somewhere on your system and source it from either
-/etc/bashrc or ~/.bashrc.
+# Use bash-completion, if available
+if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
+  . /etc/bash_completion
+fi
+
+(if you happen to have *only* bash >= 2.04, see further if not)
+
+If you don't have the package readily available for your distribution, or
+you simply don't want to do this, put the bash_completion file somewhere
+on your system and source it from either /etc/bashrc or ~/.bashrc, as
+explained above.
 
-Here's one possible way of doing that from /etc/bashrc:
+Here's another possible way of doing that from /etc/bashrc:
 
 # Check for interactive shell.
 if [ -n "$PS1" ]; then