On 10/20/11 12:02 PM, les...@vmw-les.eng.vmware.com wrote:
> Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
> Machine: x86_64
> OS: linux-gnu
> Compiler: gcc
> Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64'
> -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'
> -DCONF_VENDOR='unknown' -DLOCALEDIR='/home/lester/base/share/locale'
> -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I./include -I./lib -g
> -O2
> uname output: Linux vmw-les.eng.vmware.com 2.6.40.6-0.fc15.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue
> Oct 4 00:39:50 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> Machine Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
>
> Bash Version: 4.2
> Patch Level: 10
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> The "history -s" usually removes the last history item which
> is usually the "history -s" command itself, but PROMPT_COMMAND
> disables history and causes an unrelated command to be deleted.
>
> Repeat-By:
> $ history -s '# line 1' ; history -s '# line 2' ; history 2
> X1 # line 1
> X2 # line 2
> $ PROMPT_COMMAND="history -s '# line 3' ; history -s '# line 4'"
> $ history 5
> X1 # old command
> X2 # line 1
> X3 # line 2
> X4 # line 3
> X5 # line 4
>
> Expect:
> X1 # line 1
> X2 # line 2
> X3 PROMPT_COMMAND="history -s '# line 3' ; history -s '# line 4'"
> X4 # line 3
> X5 # line 4
>
> No new commands will enter history as they are replaced with $'# line
> 3\n# line 4'
Thanks for the report. This will be fixed in the next release of bash.
Here's a patch you can test for proper behavior.
Chet
--
``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer
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Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU c...@case.edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/
*** ../bash-4.2-patched/builtins/history.def 2009-01-04 14:32:22.000000000 -0500
--- builtins/history.def 2011-10-22 22:43:11.000000000 -0400
***************
*** 325,331 ****
history, change #if 0 to #if 1 below. */
#if 0
! if (hist_last_line_pushed == 0 && hist_last_line_added && bash_delete_last_history () == 0)
#else
! if (hist_last_line_pushed == 0 &&
(hist_last_line_added ||
(current_command_line_count > 0 && current_command_first_line_saved && command_oriented_history))
--- 325,332 ----
history, change #if 0 to #if 1 below. */
#if 0
! if (remember_on_history && hist_last_line_pushed == 0 &&
! hist_last_line_added && bash_delete_last_history () == 0)
#else
! if (remember_on_history && hist_last_line_pushed == 0 &&
(hist_last_line_added ||
(current_command_line_count > 0 && current_command_first_line_saved && command_oriented_history))
