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tramp ate my bash history |
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Mon, 27 Apr 2015 20:21:49 -0400 |
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Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) |
Package: emacs
Version: 25.0.50
Severity: important
Current master on RHEL 7.1.
ls -l ~/.bash_history
-rw-------. 1 gm gm 724950 Apr 27 17:10 /home/gm/.bash_history
make -C test/automated tramp-tests
...
"Ran 41 tests, 41 results as expected..."
ls -l ~/.bash_history
-rw-------. 1 gm gm 29 Apr 27 17:11 /home/gm/.bash_history
!
This is repeatable.
"I told you this would happen..."
http://debbugs.gnu.org/19731#56
(Haven't checked if that is actually the cause.)
Does not happen with emacs-24.
Yes, I have backups. :)
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Re: bug#20446: tramp ate my bash history |
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Sun, 31 May 2015 22:32:01 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Version: 25.1
Glenn Morris <address@hidden> writes:
>> I have changed again the default value. Tested with remote bash, ksh and
>> zsh; seems to cause no harm. Could you please recheck?
>
> Thanks, make check no longer clobbers my .bash_history.
Thanks, for checking, I'm closing the bug.
> (Minor point - would this file be better as .emacs.d/tramp_history?
> Or maybe it's a pain to check that .emacs.d exists?)
It's about the remote host. Honestly, my router in the basement doesn't
know Emacs. And there's no .emacs.d/ directory.
Best regards, Michael.
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