Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] FAQ: sync newuser-install

[Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 9/2/22, Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 1, 2022 at 10:46 PM Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 9/2/22, Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 5:28 PM Roman Perepelitsa
>> > <roman.perepelitsa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 11:57 PM Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > On 8/30/22, Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> >> > > You may think HISTFILE, SAVEHIST and HISTSIZE are
>> >> > > self-explanatory,
>> >> > > but the fact is most people need to read the documentation, and
>> >> > > even
>> >> > > then they end up confused. A few days ago I replied to a person on
>> >> > > reddit who had a configuration with HISTSIZE bigger than SAVEHIST.
>> >> >
>> >> > That is the correct configuration.
>> >>
>> >> This is my understanding as well. To be more specific, SAVEHIST
>> >> greater than HISTSIZE is equivalent to its being equal to HISTSIZE.
>> >
>> > Only if you are not using APPEND_HISTORY.
>>
>> Still wrong. SAVEHIST greater than HISTSIZE is always equivalent to
>> its being equal to HISTSIZE as we have said repeatedly. If you
>> continue to argue otherwise it is surely trolling.
>
> Really?

Well, if you weren't as confident when you're wrong as when you're
right, I wouldn't have been so confident that you were wrong when you
were right. ;)

-- 
Mikael Magnusson