Re: ignore(SIGPIPE) in gsm

[Tomislav Vujec <tvujec CARNet hr>]

Tom Tromey wrote:
> 
> >>>>> ">" == Tomislav Vujec <tvujec@CARNet.hr> writes:
> 
> >> So, the question is: should gsm set ignore on SIGPIPE, and force
> >> every other app like gnome-terminal, panel, etc. to deal with it,
> >> or the other way around.
> 
> I think it would make sense to change the signal handlers back to
> SIG_DFL before exec'ing any children from gsm.

Hi!

Yes, that would be a solution. But what I am interested in right now is
why ignoring SIGPIPE in the first place? There is a non-informative
entry in changelog, and no other documentation about that.

Regards,
Tomislav