Re: gzip and dpkg problem
llucius@millcomm.com writes ("Re: gzip and dpkg problem"):
> On Thu, 6 Jun 1996, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > Please do tell us what the problem is if you find out. Telling us
> > which ways of logging in cause the problem and which don't will help
> > us a lot :-).
>
> Well, I just checked and even the latest(?) version, 2.0.7i, of getty_ps
> sets the SIGPIPE signal to SIG_IGN. So it likes like we need to just stay
> away from getty_ps altogether (at least on ttys where pipes will be used).
It should be a simple fix to getty_ps; if anyone packages it for
Debian this will be an easy thing to do at the same time.
Ian.
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