Re: [bash-bug] no local bash_history created or written to if existing (~/.bash_history

[Dr. Werner Fink]

On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 12:02:53PM -0500, Chet Ramey wrote:
> > 
> > Does this mean that the attached patch could also not work
> > on some systems? Or does this interfere with the readline
> > library?
> 
> Since longjmp is not on the list of functions that is safe to call
> from a signal handler, yes, that's what it means.  OTOH, this shows
> promise as a solution.

OK, that means only for systems with HAVE_POSIX_SIGSETJMP
defined.  At least this provides a (local) solution here

 Werner

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