no local bash_history created or written to if existing (~/.bash_history

[Doug McMahon]

with the current bash used in ubuntu 11.04 there no longer is a
~/.bash_history created
If there is an existing ~/.bash_history in place or one is inadvertently
created, *see below, then it will not be written to

If one was to crash the system while a command was running in a terminal
then a ~/.bash_history would be created if not already and the running
command would be saved to it.
That is the only way commands are saved to the history or the file
created in the absence of pre-existing one
Machine: i686
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686'
-DCONF_OSTYPE='lin$
uname output: Linux doug-XPS-M1330 2.6.38-5-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Tue
Feb 22 1$
Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu

Bash Version: 4.2
Patch Level: 6
Release Status: release

This is not limited to just 11.04
current unattended launchpad bug

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bash/+bug/725327