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Date:	Tue, 28 Sep 2004 23:37:14 -0400
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: "Broken pipe" warning from bash. (question for bash maintainer)
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On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 05:34:15AM +0200, Bas van Gompel wrote:
>Op Tue, 28 Sep 2004 09:53:32 +0200 (MET DST) schreef ik
>
>: Following little (bash) shell-script many times causes a "Broken pipe"
>: (SIGPIPE) warning to be emitted by bash. Is this expected behaviour?
>
>Maybe I should have been clearer... <Aargh/>...
>
>[Explanation I was writing snipped.]
>
>...It's in the bash FAQ... <URL:ftp://ftp.cwru.edu/pub/bash/FAQ>
>section E2.
>
>According to that, defining ``DONT_REPORT_SIGPIPE'' in ``config-top.h''
>will enable building a version which does not show the behaviour.
>
>Is this flag set on the various distro's?
>
>Should it be set on cygwin? (If only to prevent more stupid questions
>like mine...)

It sounds like maybe it should be set.  I've reset the subject to alert the
bash maintainer.

cgf

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