bash doesn't send SIGHUP to children

[emil]

Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: i486
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i486' 
-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i486-pc-linux-gnu' 
-DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL 
-DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -I.  -I../bash -I../bash/include -I../bash/lib   -g -O2
uname output: Linux hexa 2.6.24.4-grsec #3 Thu Apr 17 18:53:27 BST 2008 i686 
GNU/Linux
Machine Type: i486-pc-linux-gnu

Bash Version: 3.2
Patch Level: 4
Release Status: release

Description:
        Regradless of the huponexit setting ('shopt -s huponexit' doesn't
        help) bash does not send SIGHUP to its children when it receives one
        itself. Previous version of bash 3.1.17 was behaving properly
        even with huponexit set to off

Repeat-By:
        launch rxvt, launch mc then close the rxvt window -> 
        mc is still running with CPU to 100% (this is because 
        mc tries to read from stdin while receiving EOF)
        Closing rxvt sends SIGHUP to bash but bash doesn't send
        SIGHUP to its children

Fix:
        Downgrade to bash 3.1.17