Re: [HACKERS] libpq and psql not on same page about SIGPIPE

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: manfred(at)colorfullife(dot)com, PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] libpq and psql not on same page about SIGPIPE
Date: 2004-12-02 03:47:22
Message-ID: 2395.1101959242@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> No, that's wrong: if there is a pending SIGPIPE that belongs to the
>> outer app, you'd clear it.

> True, but I documented that in the patch.

A documented bug is still a bug. The entire point of this change is to
not interfere with the behavior of the surrounding app, at least not
more than we absolutely have to; and we do not have to clear SIGPIPEs
that are certainly not ours.

regards, tom lane

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