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+2009-01-01  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+       * gnulib-tool (func_reset_sigpipe): Add more comments.
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 2009-01-01  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 
        * gnulib-tool (func_modules_add_dummy, func_emit_lib_Makefile_am,

diff --git a/gnulib-tool b/gnulib-tool
index 3dc9d4697e7b18e4830f45954811278a01c42973..1a7c95b67ed8ced31c3e7d38cecf95e188362d5a 100755 (executable)
--- a/gnulib-tool
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@@ -578,7 +578,9 @@ func_ln_if_changed ()
 # will read from this pipe might prematurely exit or close its standard input
 # descriptor.
 if test -n "$BASH_VERSION"; then
-  # The problem has only been reported with bash.
+  # The problem has only been reported with bash. Probably it occurs only with
+  # bash-3.2. For the reasons, see
+  # <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2008-12/msg00050.html>.
   # Note that Solaris sh does not understand "trap - SIGPIPE".
   func_reset_sigpipe ()
   {