[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] ffmpeg.c: use sigterm_handler with sigpipe

[Nicolas George]

Carl Eugen Hoyos (2018-01-18):
> Would you like to elaborate?

Of course, provided somebody is interested.

Issuing the following command:

	trap "" SIGPIPE

will ignore SIGPIPE in the shell and all subsequent programs started
from it. It will achieve exactly the result of this patch, in a much
cleaner way, without impacting others users.

> Maybe you could explain the drawbacks?

No, I cannot. I only know they exist, because signals on Unix are like
that. In this instance, I consider the burden of the proof to be on the
person who proposes the patch.

Still, there is always the fact that it changes the behaviour in a
significant way, possibly resulting in process running indefinitely
where they were stopping previously.

Regards,

-- 
  Nicolas George
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