GNU bug report logs - #19731
24.4; /dev/null is deleted by tramp-sh.el

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: crocket <crockabiscuit <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 05:20:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 21697, 23041

Found in versions 24.4, 24.5

Fixed in version 25.1

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 19731 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: crocket <crockabiscuit <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 19731 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19731: 24.4; /dev/null is deleted by tramp-sh.el
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2015 12:44:34 +0100

crocket <crockabiscuit <at> gmail.com> writes:

Hi,

> I think there are at least two solutions to tramp-sh.el problem.
>
> 1) Change the shell to zsh
> 2) unset $HISTFILE and set HISTFILESIZE to 0 instead of setting
> HISTFILE to /dev/null
> 3) etc...

In Emacs 25 (the development version), there is a customer option
`tramp-histfile-override'. You could use it for setting HISTFILE to
another value but "/dev/null". If you use the symbol `unset' as value,
HISTFILE will be unset.

Do you have a chance to check it?

Best regards, Michael.
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