history not working in bash 3.0 on solaris 2.9

[alan]

Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: sparc
OS: solaris2.9
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='sparc' 
-DCONF_OSTYPE='solaris2.9' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='sparc-sun-solaris2.9' 
-DCONF_VENDOR='sun' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -DNDEBUG -I.  -I. -I./include 
-I./lib -I/usr/local/include -g -O2
uname output: SunOS peakmail.intranet.peak.org 5.9 Generic_112233-11 sun4u 
sparc SUNW,Ultra-2
Machine Type: sparc-sun-solaris2.9

Bash Version: 2.05
Patch Level: 0
Release Status: release

Description:
        GNU bash, version 3.00.0(1)-release (sparc-sun-solaris2.9)
        (bashbug picked up the installed version, not the one I just built, and
        from which I just ran bashbug)
        For some reason, bash is not recording history in this build.  The 
history
        number stays stuck at 1 and I can't do any history editing.  It works 
just
        fine in the freebsd port, so I don't think it's a generic bash 
problem...

Repeat-By:
        tar xzvf bash-3.0.tar.gz
        cd bash-3.0
        ./configure
        make
        ./bash
        <some commands>