Bug#423273: tab completion does not work on amd64 etch grub

[lfs.1 at comcast.net]

Package: grub
Version: 0.97-27

Debian:/home/lfs# grub
Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time.


    GNU GRUB  version 0.97  (640K lower / 3072K upper memory)

       [ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported.   For
         the   first   word,  TAB  lists  possible  command
         completions.  Anywhere else TAB lists the possible
         completions of a device/filename. ]
grub>{tab input here}

grub> root ({tab input here}
root (

Error 21: Selected disk does not exist
grub> root (hd{tab input here}
root (hd

Error 21: Selected disk does not exist
grub> quit
quit

tabs were input at the end of each grub command line







Debian:/home/lfs# uname -a
Linux Debian 2.6.18-4-amd64 #1 SMP Wed Apr 18 17:35:10 UTC 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Debian:/home/lfs# dpkg --list grub
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version        Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii  grub           0.97-27        GRand Unified Bootloader
Debian:/home/lfs# dpkg --status grub
Package: grub
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 1728
Maintainer: Grub Maintainers <pkg-grub-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org>
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.97-27
Suggests: grub-doc, mdadm
Description: GRand Unified Bootloader
 GRUB is a GPLed bootloader intended to unify bootloading across x86
 operating systems.  In addition to loading the Linux kernel,
 it implements the Multiboot standard, which allows for flexible loading
 of multiple boot images (needed for modular kernels such as the GNU Hurd).
Debian:/home/lfs# uname -a