On 10/20/15 11:03 AM, Marko Teiste wrote:

> Description:
> setting HISTFILE=/dev/null and HISTSIZE=0 will replace /dev/null
> with regular file on exit (when running as root).
> 
> Repeat-By:
> start bash with root priviledges
> HISTFILE=/dev/null
> HISTSIZE=0
> exit
> 
> Fix:
> Check if HISTFILE points to regular file before unlink/recreate?

Thanks for the report.  This has been fixed for the next release of bash.

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