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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@gmail.com>
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Anyone else having a problem with bash?
Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2015 15:07:40 +0300
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On 09/07/15 15:01, Gevisz wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Jul 2015 12:48:24 +0100 Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 09 Jul 2015 13:38:43 +0200, Stephan Müller wrote:
>>
>>> As a wild guess into the blue, it could be related to readline. As I
>>> see gentoo's bash uses the standalone readline from coreutils, while
>>> the original bash source maintains an own trimmed version of readline..
>>> just a thought
>>
>> In that case, re-emerging Bash with USE="-readline" should get rid of the
>> problem.
>>
>> <smug>I can't test it myself as a use a superior shell to Bash</smug>
>
> Which one? And why is it superior to bash?

Don't ask such questions ;-)

This is in the same vein as the "emacs vs vim" argument.