Re: Random loss of bash history

[Linda Walsh]

> Your ironic stance won't help your case.
> Especially when what you describe is not true, 0 in 4.2 means 0.
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FWIW, in the 4.3 README, under differences from 4.2:

n.  Setting HISTSIZE to a value less than zero causes the history list to be
    unlimited (setting it 0 zero disables the history list).

o.  Setting HISTFILESIZE to a value less than zero causes the history file size
    to be unlimited (setting it to 0 causes the history file to be truncated
    to zero size).

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and that's why user's should be wary of reading release notes! ;-)