1 files changed, 30 insertions, 35 deletions

diff --git a/Src/hist.c b/Src/hist.c
index acc425994..c530e7283 100644
--- a/Src/hist.c
+++ b/Src/hist.c
@@ -2500,12 +2500,40 @@ readhistfile(char *fn, int err, int readflags)
 	 || (hist_ignore_all_dups && newflags & hist_skip_flags))
 	    newflags |= HIST_MAKEUNIQUE;
 	while (fpos = ftell(in), (l = readhistline(0, &buf, &bufsiz, in))) {
-	    char *pt = buf;
+	    char *pt;
+	    int remeta = 0;
 
 	    if (l < 0) {
 		zerr("corrupt history file %s", fn);
 		break;
 	    }
+
+	    /*
+	     * Handle the special case that we're reading from an
+	     * old shell with fewer meta characters, so we need to
+	     * metafy some more.  (It's not clear why the history
+	     * file is metafied at all; some would say this is plain
+	     * stupid.  But we're stuck with it now without some
+	     * hairy workarounds for compatibility).
+	     *
+	     * This is rare so doesn't need to be that efficient; just
+	     * allocate space off the heap.
+	     */
+	    for (pt = buf; *pt; pt++) {
+		if (*pt == Meta && pt[1])
+		    pt++;
+		else if (imeta(*pt)) {
+		    remeta = 1;
+		    break;
+		}
+	    }
+	    if (remeta) {
+		unmetafy(buf, &remeta);
+		pt = metafy(buf, remeta, META_USEHEAP);
+	    } else {
+		pt = buf;
+	    }
+
 	    if (*pt == ':') {
 		pt++;
 		stim = zstrtol(pt, NULL, 0);
@@ -3379,40 +3407,7 @@ histsplitwords(char *lineptr, short **wordsp, int *nwordsp, int *nwordposp,
     if (uselex) {
 	LinkList wordlist;
 	LinkNode wordnode;
-	int nwords_max, remeta = 0;
-	char *ptr;
-
-	/*
-	 * Handle the special case that we're reading from an
-	 * old shell with fewer meta characters, so we need to
-	 * metafy some more.  (It's not clear why the history
-	 * file is metafied at all; some would say this is plain
-	 * stupid.  But we're stuck with it now without some
-	 * hairy workarounds for compatibility).
-	 *
-	 * This is rare so doesn't need to be that efficient; just
-	 * allocate space off the heap.
-	 *
-	 * Note that our it's currently believed this all comes out in
-	 * the wash in the non-uselex case owing to where unmetafication
-	 * and metafication happen.
-	 */
-	for (ptr = lineptr; *ptr; ptr++) {
-	    if (*ptr != Meta && imeta(*ptr))
-		remeta++;
-	}
-	if (remeta) {
-	    char *ptr2, *line2;
-	    ptr2 = line2 = (char *)zhalloc((ptr - lineptr) + remeta + 1);
-	    for (ptr = lineptr; *ptr; ptr++) {
-		if (*ptr != Meta && imeta(*ptr)) {
-		    *ptr2++ = Meta;
-		    *ptr2++ = *ptr ^ 32;
-		} else
-		    *ptr2++ = *ptr;
-	    }
-	    lineptr = line2;
-	}
+	int nwords_max;
 
 	wordlist = bufferwords(NULL, lineptr, NULL,
 			       LEXFLAGS_COMMENTS_KEEP);