i can confirm that this bug is fixed Rolf Leggewie said in comment #9 that he mistakenly assumed HISTCONTROL to affect the history file, which it does not, and confirmed that he sees the bug as fixed.
the mailing list discussion linked by reini in comment #11 also revolves around HISTCONTROL not affecting the history file. that behaviour is also discussed in bug #189881. marking as fix released as said comment #5 ** Changed in: bash (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- ignoredupes in HISTCONTROL does not work anymore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397230 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs