diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ae78aea9f5..668bee3d3a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Tue Mar 25 23:26:02 2003  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* signal.c (trap): return "DEFAULT" and "IGNORE" respectively for
+	  previous sighandler SIG_DFL and SIG_IGN. [ruby-talk:67860]
+
 Tue Mar 25 12:24:15 2003  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* eval.c (rb_yield_0): call avalue_to_mrhs() to assign block
diff --git a/sample/test.rb b/sample/test.rb
index 247518c75e..fb7c0f6757 100644
--- a/sample/test.rb
+++ b/sample/test.rb
@@ -248,6 +248,11 @@ f = lambda {|r,*l| test_ok([] == r); test_ok([1] == l)}
 f.call([], *[1])
 f.yield([], *[1])
 
+a = [42,55]
+lambda{|x| test_ok([42,55] == x)}.call(a)
+lambda{|x,| test_ok([42,55] == x)}.call(a)
+lambda{|*x| test_ok([[42,55]] == x)}.call(a)
+
 a,=*[1]
 test_ok(a == 1)
 
diff --git a/signal.c b/signal.c
index 16c47a7f7d..3477abb0f5 100644
--- a/signal.c
+++ b/signal.c
@@ -481,8 +481,8 @@ static VALUE
 trap(arg)
     struct trap_arg *arg;
 {
-    sighandler_t func;
-    VALUE command, old;
+    sighandler_t func, oldfunc;
+    VALUE command, oldcmd;
     int sig = -1;
     char *s;
 
@@ -588,9 +588,13 @@ trap(arg)
 #endif
 	}
     }
-    ruby_signal(sig, func);
-    old = trap_list[sig];
-    if (!old) old = Qnil;
+    oldfunc = ruby_signal(sig, func);
+    oldcmd = trap_list[sig];
+    if (!oldcmd) {
+	if (oldfunc == SIG_IGN) oldcmd = rb_str_new2("IGNORE");
+	else if (oldfunc == sighandler) oldcmd = rb_str_new2("DEFAULT");
+	else oldcmd = Qnil;
+    }
 
     trap_list[sig] = command;
     /* enable at least specified signal. */
@@ -601,7 +605,7 @@ trap(arg)
     arg->mask &= ~sigmask(sig);
 #endif
 #endif
-    return old;
+    return oldcmd;
 }
 
 #ifndef _WIN32