diff -up bash-4.1/config-top.h.broken_pipe bash-4.1/config-top.h
--- bash-4.1/config-top.h.broken_pipe 2011-01-06 18:01:30.000000000 +0100
+++ bash-4.1/config-top.h 2011-01-06 18:02:14.000000000 +0100
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
/* Define DONT_REPORT_BROKEN_PIPE_WRITE_ERRORS if you don't want builtins
like `echo' and `printf' to report errors when output does not succeed
due to EPIPE. */
-/* #define DONT_REPORT_BROKEN_PIPE_WRITE_ERRORS */
+#define DONT_REPORT_BROKEN_PIPE_WRITE_ERRORS
/* The default value of the PATH variable. */
#ifndef DEFAULT_PATH_VALUE