conf_set_int(conf, CONF_port, portnumber);
/*
+ * Block SIGPIPE, so that we'll get EPIPE individually on
+ * particular network connections that go wrong.
+ */
+ putty_signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
+
+ /*
* Set up the pipe we'll use to tell us about SIGWINCH.
*/
if (pipe(signalpipe) < 0) {