Index: src/buffer.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/tar/tar/src/buffer.c,v
retrieving revision 1.124
diff -p -u -r1.124 buffer.c
--- src/buffer.c	3 Nov 2008 19:15:52 -0000	1.124
+++ src/buffer.c	25 Nov 2008 12:14:39 -0000
@@ -848,8 +848,6 @@ close_archive (void)
         flush_archive ();
     }
 
-  sys_drain_input_pipe ();
-
   compute_duration ();
   if (verify_option)
     verify_volume ();
@@ -857,7 +855,7 @@ close_archive (void)
   if (rmtclose (archive) != 0)
     close_error (*archive_name_cursor);
 
-  sys_wait_for_child (child_pid);
+  sys_wait_for_child (child_pid, hit_eof);
 
   tar_stat_destroy (&current_stat_info);
   if (save_name)
Index: src/common.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/tar/tar/src/common.h,v
retrieving revision 1.107
diff -p -u -r1.107 common.h
--- src/common.h	30 Oct 2008 14:13:02 -0000	1.107
+++ src/common.h	25 Nov 2008 12:14:39 -0000
@@ -699,8 +699,7 @@ char *xheader_format_name (struct tar_st
 
 void sys_detect_dev_null_output (void);
 void sys_save_archive_dev_ino (void);
-void sys_drain_input_pipe (void);
-void sys_wait_for_child (pid_t);
+void sys_wait_for_child (pid_t, bool);
 void sys_spawn_shell (void);
 bool sys_compare_uid (struct stat *a, struct stat *b);
 bool sys_compare_gid (struct stat *a, struct stat *b);
Index: src/system.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/tar/tar/src/system.c,v
retrieving revision 1.25
diff -p -u -r1.25 system.c
--- src/system.c	6 Mar 2008 08:17:34 -0000	1.25
+++ src/system.c	25 Nov 2008 12:14:39 -0000
@@ -51,12 +51,7 @@ sys_detect_dev_null_output (void)
 }
 
 void
-sys_drain_input_pipe (void)
-{
-}
-
-void
-sys_wait_for_child (pid_t child_pid)
+sys_wait_for_child (pid_t child_pid, bool eof)
 {
 }
 
@@ -160,26 +155,8 @@ sys_detect_dev_null_output (void)
 			 && archive_stat.st_ino == dev_null_stat.st_ino));
 }
 
-/* Manage to fully drain a pipe we might be reading, so to not break it on
-   the producer after the EOF block.  FIXME: one of these days, GNU tar
-   might become clever enough to just stop working, once there is no more
-   work to do, we might have to revise this area in such time.  */
-
-void
-sys_drain_input_pipe (void)
-{
-  size_t r;
-
-  if (access_mode == ACCESS_READ
-      && ! _isrmt (archive)
-      && (S_ISFIFO (archive_stat.st_mode) || S_ISSOCK (archive_stat.st_mode)))
-    while ((r = rmtread (archive, record_start->buffer, record_size)) != 0
-	   && r != SAFE_READ_ERROR)
-      continue;
-}
-
 void
-sys_wait_for_child (pid_t child_pid)
+sys_wait_for_child (pid_t child_pid, bool eof)
 {
   if (child_pid)
     {
@@ -193,8 +170,11 @@ sys_wait_for_child (pid_t child_pid)
 	  }
 
       if (WIFSIGNALED (wait_status))
-	ERROR ((0, 0, _("Child died with signal %d"),
-		WTERMSIG (wait_status)));
+	{
+	  int sig = WTERMSIG (wait_status);
+	  if (!(!eof && sig == SIGPIPE))
+	    ERROR ((0, 0, _("Child died with signal %d"), sig));
+	}
       else if (WEXITSTATUS (wait_status) != 0)
 	ERROR ((0, 0, _("Child returned status %d"),
 		WEXITSTATUS (wait_status)));