Re: Problem with reverse-i-search in 5.1.0(1)-rc1

[Detlef Vollmann]

On 11/1/20 8:58 PM, Chet Ramey wrote:
> On 10/31/20 11:00 AM, Detlef Vollmann wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > since Bash-5.1-rc1 <CTRL-R> doesn't work for me as previously.
> > I have the following entries in my history:
> > man a
> > man b
> >
> > Now I type '<CTRL-R> m a n' and get:
> > (reverse-i-search)`man': man b
> >
> > Now I type '<CTRL-R>' again.
> > What I would expect (and what I got with 5.0) is:
> > (reverse-i-search)`man': man a
> >
> > Instead I get
> > (reverse-i-search)`': man b
> >
> > Note the empty search string.
>
> Thanks for the report. It's not easy to reproduce, and, as you later note,
> requires the `C' or `POSIX' locales and things to be done in a certain
> order, but I believe I was able to track it down. It will be fixed in
> bash-5.1-rc2.

Thanks,
  Detlef

BTW, if you want me to check it you could send me a patch or push
a commit to git.savannah.gnu.org/git/bash.