+#!perl -w
+# Copyright (C) 2021 all contributors <meta@public-inbox.org>
+# License: AGPL-3.0+ <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt>
+use strict;
+use v5.10.1;
+use Test::More;
+use PublicInbox::TestCommon;
+use POSIX qw(WTERMSIG WIFSIGNALED SIGPIPE);
+require_mods(qw(json DBD::SQLite Search::Xapian));
+# XXX this needs an already configured lei instance with many messages
+
+my $do_test = sub {
+ my $env = shift // {};
+ pipe(my ($r, $w)) or BAIL_OUT $!;
+ open my $err, '+>', undef or BAIL_OUT $!;
+ my $opt = { run_mode => 0, 1 => $w, 2 => $err };
+ my $tp = start_script([qw(lei q -t), 'bytes:1..'], $env, $opt);
+ close $w;
+ sysread($r, my $buf, 1);
+ close $r; # trigger SIGPIPE
+ $tp->join;
+ ok(WIFSIGNALED($?), 'signaled');
+ is(WTERMSIG($?), SIGPIPE, 'got SIGPIPE');
+ seek($err, 0, 0);
+ my @err = grep(!m{mkdir /dev/null\b}, <$err>);
+ is_deeply(\@err, [], 'no errors');
+};
+
+$do_test->();
+$do_test->({XDG_RUNTIME_DIR => '/dev/null'});
+
+done_testing;