queue up signal handlers so they do not get overwritten.

lib/bitcoind.js

@@ -46,11 +46,25 @@ function Bitcoin(options) {
 
 Bitcoin.prototype.__proto__ = EventEmitter.prototype;
 
+// Make sure signal handlers are not overwritten
+Bitcoin._signalQueue = [];
+Bitcoin._processOn = process.on;
+process.addListener =
+process.on = function(name, listener) {
+  if (~['SIGINT', 'SIGHUP', 'SIGQUIT'].indexOf(name.toUpperCase())) {
+    if (!Bitcoin.global || !Bitcoin.global._started) {
+      Bitcoin._signalQueue.push([name, listener]);
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+  return on.apply(this, arguments);
+};
+
 Bitcoin.prototype.start = function(callback) {
   var self = this;
 
-  if (this._started) return;
-  this._started = true;
+  if (this._startCalled) return;
+  this._startCalled = true;
 
   var none = {};
   var isSignal = {};
@@ -61,6 +75,8 @@ Bitcoin.prototype.start = function(callback) {
   var errorCaught = none;
 
   this.log_pipe = bitcoindjs.start(function(err, status) {
+    self._started = true;
+
     [sigint, sighup, sigquit].forEach(function(signal) {
       process.on(signal.name, signal.listener = function() {
         if (process.listeners(signal.name).length > 1) {
@@ -75,6 +91,12 @@ Bitcoin.prototype.start = function(callback) {
       });
     });
 
+    // Finally set signal handlers
+    process.on = process.addListener = Bitcoind._processOn;
+    Bitcoin._signalQueue.forEach(function(event) {
+      process.on(event[0], event[1]);
+    });
+
     var exit = process.exit;
     self._exit = function() {
       return exit.apply(process, arguments);

src/bitcoindjs.cc

@@ -478,6 +478,7 @@ start_node(void) {
   // drop the bitcoind signal handlers - we want our own
   signal(SIGINT, SIG_DFL);
   signal(SIGHUP, SIG_DFL);
+  signal(SIGQUIT, SIG_DFL);
 
   return 0;
 }