3 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/apt-private/private-main.cc b/apt-private/private-main.cc
index 2d3965172..668b1733a 100644
--- a/apt-private/private-main.cc
+++ b/apt-private/private-main.cc
@@ -8,9 +8,18 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <signal.h>
 
 #include <apti18n.h>
 
+
+void InitSignals()
+{
+   // Setup the signals
+   signal(SIGPIPE,SIG_IGN);
+}
+
+
 void CheckSimulateMode(CommandLine &CmdL)
 {
    // simulate user-friendly if apt-get has no root privileges
diff --git a/apt-private/private-main.h b/apt-private/private-main.h
index 23d4aca68..a03bf4441 100644
--- a/apt-private/private-main.h
+++ b/apt-private/private-main.h
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@
 class CommandLine;
 
 APT_PUBLIC void CheckSimulateMode(CommandLine &CmdL);
+APT_PUBLIC void InitSignals();
 
 #endif
diff --git a/apt-private/private-output.cc b/apt-private/private-output.cc
index 757999167..7f3eef6c2 100644
--- a/apt-private/private-output.cc
+++ b/apt-private/private-output.cc
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <langinfo.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <signal.h>
 
 #include <apti18n.h>
 									/*}}}*/
@@ -32,8 +33,24 @@ std::ostream c0out(0);
 std::ostream c1out(0);
 std::ostream c2out(0);
 std::ofstream devnull("/dev/null");
+
+
 unsigned int ScreenWidth = 80 - 1; /* - 1 for the cursor */
 
+// SigWinch - Window size change signal handler				/*{{{*/
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+/* */
+static void SigWinch(int)
+{
+   // Riped from GNU ls
+#ifdef TIOCGWINSZ
+   struct winsize ws;
+  
+   if (ioctl(1, TIOCGWINSZ, &ws) != -1 && ws.ws_col >= 5)
+      ScreenWidth = ws.ws_col - 1;
+#endif
+}
+									/*}}}*/
 bool InitOutput()							/*{{{*/
 {
    if (!isatty(STDOUT_FILENO) && _config->FindI("quiet", -1) == -1)
@@ -47,6 +64,10 @@ bool InitOutput()							/*{{{*/
    if (_config->FindI("quiet",0) > 1)
       c1out.rdbuf(devnull.rdbuf());
 
+   // deal with window size changes
+   signal(SIGWINCH,SigWinch);
+   SigWinch(0);
+
    if(!isatty(1))
    {
       _config->Set("APT::Color", "false");