pete Spam-Avoider wrote: > > Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: > Machine: i686 > OS: linux-gnu > Compiler: gcc > Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686' > -DCONF_OSTYPE='linu > x-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-pc-linux-gnu' -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' > -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/ > share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I./include > -I. > /lib -g -O2 > uname output: Linux parallax 2.6.11 #1 SMP Sat Apr 2 18:08:45 EST 2005 i686 > unkn > own unknown GNU/Linux > Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu > > Bash Version: 3.0 > Patch Level: 0 > Release Status: release > > Description: > In upgrading from bash-2.04 to bash-3.0 i'm experiencing a > change in the behaviour of the up/down arrow keys to scroll > through the history list of an interactive shell. The > behaviour for bash-2.04 was that i could scroll up from and > then back down to a blank line. For bash-3.0 if i scroll up > only one line and back down i can return to a blank line, > however, if i scroll up more then one line then i can not > return to a blank line, instead some near random line of the > lines i had passed over remains at the prompt and not a blank > line. > > > Repeat-By: > Scroll up and down through the history list and see if > you can return down to a blank line.
Apply the patches to bash-3.0. Patch 5 fixes this problem. ftp://ftp.cwru.edu/pub/bash/bash-3.0-patches/bash30-005 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/bash/bash-3.0-patches/bash30-005 Chet -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer ( ``Discere est Dolere'' -- chet ) Live...Laugh...Love Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tiswww.tis.cwru.edu/~chet/ _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash