Re: Bash 5.2: Missing ‘shopt’ option ‘syslog_history’ in doc/bashref.texi

[tpeplt]

Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> writes:

> On 3/17/24 12:50 PM, tpeplt wrote:
>> Searching the file bash-master/doc/bashref.texi gives no instance of
>> "syslog" or "syslog_history".  An entry for ‘syslog_history’ is provided
>> in the ‘man’ page for ‘bash’:
>>     syslog_history
>>            If set, command history is logged to syslog.
>
> Not in the version of bash you downloaded. This must be a vendor addition.

Thank you.

Prior to write a bug report, I searched this mailing list’s archives for
syslog and syslog_history and found several requests for a feature.  I
then assumed that it had been added (including in the ‘man’ page), but
had been missed in the .texi source.

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