diff -N -u -r -X exclude_files squid-1.0.beta14/src/main.c squid-1.0.beta14.henrik/src/main.c
--- squid-1.0.beta14/src/main.c	Wed Jun  5 06:09:54 1996
+++ squid-1.0.beta14.henrik/src/main.c	Sun Jun  9 19:41:02 1996
@@ -335,8 +335,9 @@
 
     setMaxFD();
 
-    for (n = FD_SETSIZE; n > 2; n--)
-	close(n);
+    if(catch_signals)
+	for (n = FD_SETSIZE; n > 2; n--)
+	    close(n);
 
 #if HAVE_MALLOPT
 #ifdef M_GRAIN