Bug#823754: dbus execs nonconsenting programs with SIGPIPE ignored

2016-05-08 Thread Ian Jackson
Simon McVittie writes ("Re: Bug#823754: dbus execs nonconsenting programs with SIGPIPE ignored"): > I'm not sure whether this is wontfix or "not a bug", but either way > it's unlikely to change. Would you feel better about it if the D-Bus > Specification speci

Bug#823754: dbus execs nonconsenting programs with SIGPIPE ignored

2016-05-08 Thread Simon McVittie
On Sun, 08 May 2016 at 15:44:17 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > It is a bug to execute a program with SIGPIPE ignored without its > consent. (Or to put it another way, it is not part of the > specification of programs in general, on a unix system, that they will > function correctly if run with

Bug#823754: dbus execs nonconsenting programs with SIGPIPE ignored

2016-05-08 Thread Ian Jackson
Package: dbus Version: 1.10.8-1 While investigating #823460 "lightdm: SIGPIPE ignored in session" in developed a libc patch which logs a message whenever any new program starts up an with unusual setup for SIGPIPE. The logfile contains entries like this: 2016-04-08 12:15:12