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
