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23.1.50; gzip: stdout: Broken pipe

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Message #32 received at 5238-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>, Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>,
	5238-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: Re: bug#5238: 23.1.50; gzip: stdout: Broken pipe
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 12:30:24 +0100

Andreas Schwab skrev 2011-02-12 18.18:
> Jan Djärv<jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>  writes:
>
>> Gzip checks if SIGPIPE is ignored, and if it is not, installs a signal
>> handler that prints "gzip: stdout: Broken pipe".
>
> No it doesn't.  The error only happens because gzip gets EPIPE while
> writing to stdout, which can only happen when SIGPIPE is ignored, which
> in fact Emacs does.  It's the fault of libgtk.

Your analysis is correct, but the error happens for a Lucid build and for a 
non-x-toolkit build also.  It is actually GConf that ignores SIGPIPE.

Anyway, the bug is fixed in trunk, closing.

	Jan D.

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