[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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.