text: *** ../bash-5.0-patched/bashhist.c	2018-07-05 22:41:14.000000000 -0400
  --- bashhist.c	2019-02-23 17:12:02.000000000 -0500
  ***************
  *** 437,445 ****
         char *filename;
    {
  !   int fd, result;
      struct stat buf;
    
      result = EXECUTION_SUCCESS;
  !   if (history_lines_this_session > 0 && (history_lines_this_session <= where_history ()))
        {
          /* If the filename was supplied, then create it if necessary. */
  --- 437,445 ----
         char *filename;
    {
  !   int fd, result, histlen;
      struct stat buf;
    
      result = EXECUTION_SUCCESS;
  !   if (history_lines_this_session > 0)
        {
          /* If the filename was supplied, then create it if necessary. */
  ***************
  *** 454,457 ****
  --- 454,461 ----
    	  close (fd);
    	}
  +       /* cap the number of lines we write at the length of the history list */
  +       histlen = where_history ();
  +       if (histlen > 0 && history_lines_this_session > histlen)
  + 	history_lines_this_session = histlen;	/* reset below anyway */
          result = append_history (history_lines_this_session, filename);
          /* Pretend we already read these lines from the file because we just
  