[Reportbug-maint] Bug#265554: reportbug: on receiving SIGTERM, should also signal child processes

[Ben Finney]

package reportbug
retitle 265554 reportbug: on receiving SIGTERM, should also signal child processes
found 265554 3.41
tags 265554 + confirmed
thanks

Steps to reproduce:

* Start a shell session, 'shell M', to monitor the process.

* Start a shell session, 'shell R', to run 'reportbug'.

* In 'shell M':

  * Start e.g. 'htop' to watch processes.

* In 'shell R':

  * Start 'reportbug' with a specific MUA. e.g.:

    reportbug --mua 'mutt' \
        --severity normal --tag "none" --package-version "0.0" \
        --subject "foo: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet." \
        --no-query-bts --no-check-available --no-check-installed 
        foo

  * The MUA should be invoked; in the above example, Mutt will be 
    started as a child process of 'reportbug'.

* In 'shell M':

  * Confirm that the 'reportbug' process has the MUA process as a 
    child.
  
  * Send a TERM signal to the 'reportbug' process.

  * The 'reportbug' process will end; the MUA process will continue, 
    still bound to the controlling terminal.

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