Consume all stdin when rcs_receive short-circuits, to avoid git SIPIPE race.

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diff --git a/doc/todo/allow_site-wide_meta_definitions.mdwn b/doc/todo/allow_site-wide_meta_definitions.mdwn
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@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ definitions essentially.
 >>
 >>> I generally agree with this. It is *possible* that meta would have a new
 >>> field added, that takes parameters and make sense to use globally.
+>>> (Indeed, this later happened to some extent with the sortas parameters
+>>> being added to some metas.)
 >>> --[[Joey]] 
 >>
 >> Due to this, and the added complexity of the second patch (having to adjust
@@ -148,6 +150,14 @@ definitions essentially.
 >>>>> array-of-hashes, which means this is suitable for exposing via websetup.
 >>>>> `getsetup()` has been adjusted accordingly.
 >>>>> 
->>>>> The patch can be found at
->>>>> [[!template id=gitbranch branch=jmtd/defaultmeta author="[[jon]]"]]
+>>>>> The patch can be found at the git branch described above.
 >>>>>  — [[Jon]]
+
+>>>>>> I wish I could take pity on you and just merge this, but 
+>>>>>> AFAICS it still suffers from the memory bloat described above.
+>>>>>> Specifically, when `scan` calls `preprocess`, it
+>>>>>> stores the metadata in `%pagestate` etc. --[[Joey]]
+
+>>>>>>> No pity required — but whoops, yes, that was a bit of a mistake
+>>>>>>> ☺ I guess I'll have to split the current `preprocess` in half.
+>>>>>>> — [[Jon]]