logread -f does not respond to SIGPIPE

[Frank Rosquin]

Hi,

So is anyone interested in this? Is it being tracked in some way?

Frank

On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 11:52 PM, Frank Rosquin <frank.rosquin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> when spawning an instance of logread -f from a script, if the parent
> script dies/gets killed, logread never exits even though it gets sent
> SIGPIPE
>
> http://git.baserock.org/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/delta/busybox.git/tree/sysklogd/logread.c#n99
>
> The general consensus seems to be to add ```signal(SIGPIPE,
> interrupted);``` below line 99 above. This is not my idea, as my C
> knowledge is minimal.
>
> As a point of reference, tail -f does exist under the same circumstances.
>
> As requested by sh4rm4 and landley on #busybox, I am submitting this
> issue here on the mailing list.
>
> If you need more information, i will supply what I can.
>
> Much obliged.
>
> --
> Frank Rosquin



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Frank Rosquin