diff -up bash-3.2/builtins/common.c.broken_pipe bash-3.2/builtins/common.c
--- bash-3.2/builtins/common.c.broken_pipe	2011-02-14 19:54:53.000000000 +0100
+++ bash-3.2/builtins/common.c	2011-02-14 19:56:15.000000000 +0100
@@ -274,7 +274,8 @@ sh_notbuiltin (s)
 void
 sh_wrerror ()
 {
-  builtin_error (_("write error: %s"), strerror (errno));
+  if (errno != EPIPE)
+    builtin_error (_("write error: %s"), strerror (errno));
 }
 
 /* **************************************************************** */