commit: 55f05e6f12d8fa2d102a66a2f8d93c53f9b01faf Author: Mike Frysinger <vapier <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Thu May 21 04:06:10 2015 +0000 Commit: Mike Frysinger <vapier <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Tue Jan 26 07:12:10 2016 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=55f05e6f
app-shells/bash: Back out the `history -a` by default as it can be a bit troublesome with the constant disk load (failing drives, flaky network e.g. NFS, etc...). See #517342 for details. app-shells/bash/files/bashrc | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/app-shells/bash/files/bashrc b/app-shells/bash/files/bashrc index 6622b84..c9bd88e 100644 --- a/app-shells/bash/files/bashrc +++ b/app-shells/bash/files/bashrc @@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ shopt -s histappend # This does mean sessions get interleaved when reading later on, but this # way the history is always up to date. History is not synced across live # sessions though; that is what `history -n` does. -PROMPT_COMMAND='history -a' +# Disabled by default due to concerns related to system recovery when $HOME +# is under duress, or lives somewhere flaky (like NFS). Constantly syncing +# the history will halt the shell prompt until it's finished. +#PROMPT_COMMAND='history -a' # Change the window title of X terminals case ${TERM} in