[zeromq-dev] SIGPIPE handling

[Martin Sustrik]

On 07/14/2011 04:18 PM, Pieter Hintjens wrote:

> Seems in some cases (pub-sub at least but probably other sockets too),
> on OS/X and perhaps other BSD systems, 0MQ dies with a SIGPIPE signal.
>
> It's not an assertion, the signal simply appears to kills the process.
>
> https://zeromq.jira.com/browse/LIBZMQ-230?focusedCommentId=13309#comment-13309
>
> Presumably this affects all versions of 0MQ. There's a discussion here:
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/108183/how-to-prevent-sigpipes-or-handle-them-properly
>
> Is this a known issue at all?

Yes. It is a know issue. The problem IIRC is that the solution is 
platform-dependent (such as setting SO_NOSIGPIPE).

I would have to have access to the platforms causing problems to fix it.

Still, patches are welcome.

Martin