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