bug#20446: tramp ate my bash history

bug#20446: tramp ate my bash history

[Glenn Morris]

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


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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. :)

bug#20446: tramp ate my bash history

[Michael Albinus]

Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:

Hi Glenn,

> 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.

I have changed again the default value. Tested with remote bash, ksh and
zsh; seems to cause no harm. Could you please recheck?

Thanks, and best regards, Michael.

bug#20446: tramp ate my bash history

[Glenn Morris]

Michael Albinus wrote:

> 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.

(Minor point - would this file be better as .emacs.d/tramp_history?
Or maybe it's a pain to check that .emacs.d exists?)

bug#20446: tramp ate my bash history

[Michael Albinus]

Version: 25.1

Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> 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.

bug#20446: tramp ate my bash history

[Stefan Monnier]

> It's about the remote host. Honestly, my router in the basement doesn't

Poor router, alone in the dark,


        Stefan