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[This is an automated message performed by a Launchpad user owned by ~brian-murray, for any issues please contact him.] ** Tags added: patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579867 Title: lightdm set SIGPIPE disposition to SIG_IGN even for children Status in Light Display Manager: Fix Committed Status in Light Display Manager 1.10 series: Fix Committed Status in Light Display Manager 1.18 series: Fix Committed Status in Light Display Manager 1.2 series: Won't Fix Status in Light Display Manager 1.20 series: Fix Committed Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in lightdm source package in Precise: Won't Fix Status in lightdm source package in Trusty: Triaged Status in lightdm source package in Xenial: Triaged Status in lightdm source package in Yakkety: Triaged Status in lightdm package in Debian: Confirmed Bug description: Hi, a Debian user reported that his session was running with SIGPIPE set to SIG_IGN, and tracked the issue to lightdm. The whole investigation is in the downstream bug, but in summary the glib gio functions set the disposition, and nothing reverts it. Using g_spawn_*() function should do it, but they're apparently not used in lightdm. The reporter also provided a minimal patch, which is attached. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1579867/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
