diff -ur fenris-0.07build3244/aegir.c fenris-0.07build3244-ktm/aegir.c
--- fenris-0.07build3244/aegir.c	Mon Sep  2 04:14:08 2002
+++ fenris-0.07build3244-ktm/aegir.c	Sat Aug  7 17:18:41 2004
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@
 char   *read_stack, *read_tmp;
 
 static int read_the_line(void* arg) {
+  char* buffer=0;
   char* prev=0;
   signal(SIGINT,SIG_IGN);
   usleep(200000);
@@ -170,7 +171,16 @@
     if (prev) free(prev);
     if (!(read_tmp=readline(PROMPT))) {
       debug("Use 'quit yes' (or 'q y') to quit.\n");
-    } else if (strlen(read_tmp)) add_history(read_tmp);
+    } else if (strlen(read_tmp)) {
+      add_history(read_tmp);
+    } else { /* empty line ? we repeat the last command */
+      history_entry = history_get(where_history());
+      if(history_entry) {
+	if (buffer) free(buffer);
+	buffer = strdup(history_entry->line);
+	read_tmp = buffer;
+      }
+    }
     prev=read_tmp;
     kill(getppid(),SIGUSR1);
   }