Index: terminal/main.c
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--- terminal/main.c	(revision 23194)
+++ terminal/main.c	(working copy)
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <config.h>
 #endif
 
+#include <signal.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include <exo/exo.h>
@@ -130,6 +131,9 @@
   gint             nargc;
   gint             n;
 
+  /* install required signal handlers */
+  signal (SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
+
   xfce_textdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, PACKAGE_LOCALE_DIR, "UTF-8");
   g_set_application_name (_("Terminal"));