2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a8f4bc66..906b5c5b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+- block CHLD signals on startup in order to prevent glib-threading segfaults
+  (mga#11492)
 - delay setting SIG_CHLD handler
   (thus fixing segfault on startup (mga#11492))
 
diff --git a/mgaapplet b/mgaapplet
index cd5636e4..a0af5998 100755
--- a/mgaapplet
+++ b/mgaapplet
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 use strict;
-use POSIX ":sys_wait_h";
+use POSIX qw(:signal_h :sys_wait_h);
 use lib qw(/usr/lib/libDrakX);
 use standalone; # for explanations
 use common;
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ use Gtk2::Notify '-init', 'mgaapplet';
 use Net::DBus qw(:typing);
 use Rpmdrake::open_db;
 
+POSIX::sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, POSIX::SigSet->new(SIGCHLD)); 
+
 if (!find { $_ eq '--auto-update' } @ARGV) {
     if (my $pid = mgaonline::is_running('mgaapplet')) {
         if ($::testing) {
@@ -243,6 +245,7 @@ shouldStart() or die "$localfile should be set to TRUE: please use --force or -f
 go2State('delayed');
 
 Glib::Timeout->add_seconds($config{FIRST_CHECK_DELAY}/1000, sub {
+                       POSIX::sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, POSIX::SigSet->new(SIGCHLD));
                        $SIG{CHLD} = \&harvester;
                        # schedule future checks:
                        setup_cyclic_check();