GNU bug report logs - #16597
23.2; Emacs's SIGPIPE ignore passed to child processes

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: holger <at> cis.fu-berlin.de, asulfrian <at> zedat.fu-berlin.de, Juergen Nickelsen <nickelsen <at> zedat.fu-berlin.de>, plenz <at> zedat.fu-berlin.de, 16597 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16597: 23.2; Emacs's SIGPIPE ignore passed to child processes
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 12:19:50 -0500

Andreas Schwab wrote:

> Juergen Nickelsen <nickelsen <at> zedat.fu-berlin.de> writes:
>
>> I think it would be better to reset the SIGPIPE handling in the
>> subprocess before calling the shell (or whatever).
>
> Works for me.  From src/process.c (create_process):
>
>       /* Emacs ignores SIGPIPE, but the child should not.  */
>       signal (SIGPIPE, SIG_DFL);

Yes, but AFAICS that's not in 23.2, which is rather old.
Looks like it first appeared in 24.1?

Anyway, time to upgrade. Latest is 24.3.

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