I tested the packages, and bash history is now properly retained during a reboot :-)
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1448259 Title: Systemd does not send SIGTERM first on shutdown Status in systemd: Unknown Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in systemd source package in Vivid: In Progress Status in systemd package in Fedora: Unknown Bug description: It has been normal that applications first get the SIGTERM signal before SIGKILL on shutdown/reboot in order to successfully finish any pending tasks. Now it seem this logic has been changed to something else, causing problems to mosh and many others: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mosh/+bug/1446982 SIGTERM suggestion can be seen here: http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?shutdown+8 I created this error report to find out the correct way for applications to fix this problem or to create one fix to systemd, bringing back the old "BSD shutdown" functionality. This report is for Ubuntu 15.04. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/systemd/+bug/1448259/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp