2 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/archival/dpkg_deb.c b/archival/dpkg_deb.c
index 309f8d762..8239c3c43 100644
--- a/archival/dpkg_deb.c
+++ b/archival/dpkg_deb.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <signal.h>
 #include "busybox.h"
 
 /* From gunzip.c */
@@ -120,8 +121,11 @@ extern int deb_extract(int optflags, const char *dir_name, const char *deb_filen
         }
         status = readTarFile(srcFd, extract_flag, list_flag, 
                 extract_to_stdout, verbose_flag, NULL, extract_list);
-        close(srcFd);
+
+        /* we are deliberately terminating the child so we can safely ignore this */
+        signal(SIGTERM, SIG_IGN);
         gz_close(pid);
+        close(srcFd);
         fclose(comp_file);
 
         return status;
diff --git a/dpkg_deb.c b/dpkg_deb.c
index 309f8d762..8239c3c43 100644
--- a/dpkg_deb.c
+++ b/dpkg_deb.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <signal.h>
 #include "busybox.h"
 
 /* From gunzip.c */
@@ -120,8 +121,11 @@ extern int deb_extract(int optflags, const char *dir_name, const char *deb_filen
         }
         status = readTarFile(srcFd, extract_flag, list_flag, 
                 extract_to_stdout, verbose_flag, NULL, extract_list);
-        close(srcFd);
+
+        /* we are deliberately terminating the child so we can safely ignore this */
+        signal(SIGTERM, SIG_IGN);
         gz_close(pid);
+        close(srcFd);
         fclose(comp_file);
 
         return status;