+#ifdef __UNIX__
+ #include <errno.h>
+#endif
+
+// we use MSG_NOSIGNAL to avoid getting SIGPIPE when sending data to a remote
+// host which closed the connection if it is available, otherwise we rely on
+// SO_NOSIGPIPE existency
+//
+// this should cover all the current Unix systems (Windows never sends any
+// signals anyhow) but if we find one that has neither we should explicitly
+// ignore SIGPIPE for it
+// OpenVMS has neither MSG_NOSIGNAL nor SO_NOSIGPIPE. However the socket sample
+// seems to work. Not sure if problems will show up on OpenVMS using sockets.
+#ifdef MSG_NOSIGNAL
+ #define wxSOCKET_MSG_NOSIGNAL MSG_NOSIGNAL
+#else // MSG_NOSIGNAL not available (BSD including OS X)
+ // next best possibility is to use SO_NOSIGPIPE socket option, this covers
+ // BSD systems (including OS X) -- but if we don't have it neither (AIX and
+ // old HP-UX do not), we have to fall back to the old way of simply
+ // disabling SIGPIPE temporarily, so define a class to do it in a safe way
+ #if defined(__UNIX__) && !defined(SO_NOSIGPIPE)
+ extern "C" { typedef void (*wxSigHandler_t)(int); }
+ namespace
+ {
+ class IgnoreSignal
+ {
+ public:
+ // ctor disables the given signal
+ IgnoreSignal(int sig)
+ : m_handler(signal(sig, SIG_IGN)),
+ m_sig(sig)
+ {
+ }
+
+ // dtor restores the old handler
+ ~IgnoreSignal()
+ {
+ signal(m_sig, m_handler);
+ }
+
+ private:
+ const wxSigHandler_t m_handler;
+ const int m_sig;
+
+ wxDECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(IgnoreSignal);
+ };
+ } // anonymous namespace
+
+ #define wxNEEDS_IGNORE_SIGPIPE
+ #endif // Unix without SO_NOSIGPIPE
+
+ #define wxSOCKET_MSG_NOSIGNAL 0
+#endif
+