Public bug reported:
man page contains wrong default history size
Steps to reproduce:
1. $ man bash
2. Search for HISTSIZE (press / then type HISTSIZE and press
ENTER)
Actual result:
Man page contains the text:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HISTSIZE
The number of commands to remember in the command history (see
HISTORY below). The default value is 500.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Expected result
The default value is 2000.
Additional information:
$ wc -l ~/.bash_history
2000 /home/user/.bash_history
$ grep HISTFILESIZE ~/.bashrc
HISTFILESIZE=2000
$ apt-get source bash
$ cd bash-4.2/
$ grep -nr HISTFILESIZE .
./debian/skel.bashrc:20:HISTFILESIZE=2000
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: bash 4.2-5ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-19.33-generic 3.11.10.5
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-19-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jul 11 11:41:58 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-18 (143 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Beta i386 (20130926)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: bash
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: bash (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 saucy
** Description changed:
man page contains wrong default history size
Steps to reproduce:
1. $ man bash
2. Search for HISTSIZE (press / then type HISTSIZE and press
ENTER)
-
Actual result:
Man page contains the text:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- HISTSIZE
- The number of commands to remember in the command history (see
HISTORY below). The default value is 500.
+ HISTSIZE
+ The number of commands to remember in the command history (see
HISTORY below). The default value is 500.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
Expected result
The default value is 2000.
-
Additional information:
- $ wc -l ~/.bash_history
+ $ wc -l ~/.bash_history
2000 /home/user/.bash_history
+
+ $ grep HISTFILESIZE ~/.bashrc
+ HISTFILESIZE=2000
+
$ apt-get source bash
$ cd bash-4.2/
$ grep -nr HISTFILESIZE .
./debian/skel.bashrc:20:HISTFILESIZE=2000
+
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: bash 4.2-5ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-19.33-generic 3.11.10.5
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-19-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jul 11 11:41:58 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-18 (143 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Beta i386
(20130926)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: bash
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1340511
Title:
man page contains wrong default history size
Status in “bash” package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
man page contains wrong default history size
Steps to reproduce:
1. $ man bash
2. Search for HISTSIZE (press / then type HISTSIZE and press
ENTER)
Actual result:
Man page contains the text:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HISTSIZE
The number of commands to remember in the command history (see
HISTORY below). The default value is 500.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Expected result
The default value is 2000.
Additional information:
$ wc -l ~/.bash_history
2000 /home/user/.bash_history
$ grep HISTFILESIZE ~/.bashrc
HISTFILESIZE=2000
$ apt-get source bash
$ cd bash-4.2/
$ grep -nr HISTFILESIZE .
./debian/skel.bashrc:20:HISTFILESIZE=2000
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: bash 4.2-5ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-19.33-generic 3.11.10.5
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-19-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jul 11 11:41:58 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-18 (143 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Beta i386
(20130926)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: bash
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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