--- /dev/null
+diff -urpN busybox-1.12.1.orig/libbb/lineedit.c busybox-1.12.1/libbb/lineedit.c
+--- busybox-1.12.1.orig/libbb/lineedit.c 2008-09-28 20:04:20.000000000 +0200
++++ busybox-1.12.1/libbb/lineedit.c 2008-10-31 19:01:43.000000000 +0100
+@@ -1415,7 +1415,8 @@ int FAST_FUNC read_line_input(const char
+ if ((state->flags & SAVE_HISTORY) && state->hist_file)
+ load_history(state->hist_file);
+ #endif
+- state->cur_history = state->cnt_history;
++ if (state->flags)
++ state->cur_history = state->cnt_history;
+
+ /* prepare before init handlers */
+ cmdedit_y = 0; /* quasireal y, not true if line > xt*yt */
--- /dev/null
+--- busybox-1.12.1/editors/vi.c Sun Sep 28 20:04:29 2008
++++ busybox-1.12.1-vi/editors/vi.c Thu Oct 30 23:54:30 2008
+@@ -291,6 +291,8 @@
+ #define INIT_G() do { \
+ SET_PTR_TO_GLOBALS(xzalloc(sizeof(G))); \
+ last_file_modified = -1; \
++ /* "" but has space for 2 chars */ \
++ USE_FEATURE_VI_SEARCH(last_search_pattern = xzalloc(2);) \
+ } while (0)
+
+
+@@ -2974,7 +2976,7 @@
+ const char *msg = msg; // for compiler
+ char c1, *p, *q, *save_dot;
+ char buf[12];
+- int dir = dir; // for compiler
++ int dir;
+ int cnt, i, j;
+
+ // c1 = c; // quiet the compiler
+@@ -3316,7 +3318,7 @@
+ q = get_input_line(buf); // get input line- use "status line"
+ if (q[0] && !q[1]) {
+ if (last_search_pattern[0])
+- last_search_pattern[0] = c;
++ last_search_pattern[0] = c;
+ goto dc3; // if no pat re-use old pat
+ }
+ if (q[0]) { // strlen(q) > 1: new pat- save it and find
+@@ -3346,14 +3348,8 @@
+ do_cmd(c);
+ } // repeat cnt
+ dc3:
+- if (last_search_pattern == 0) {
+- msg = "No previous regular expression";
+- goto dc2;
+- }
+- if (last_search_pattern[0] == '/') {
+- dir = FORWARD; // assume FORWARD search
+- p = dot + 1;
+- }
++ dir = FORWARD; // assume FORWARD search
++ p = dot + 1;
+ if (last_search_pattern[0] == '?') {
+ dir = BACK;
+ p = dot - 1;