diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'spec')
| -rw-r--r-- | spec/rubyspec/core/io/popen_spec.rb | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/spec/rubyspec/core/io/popen_spec.rb b/spec/rubyspec/core/io/popen_spec.rb index 84a13f0a7f..f24e61032f 100644 --- a/spec/rubyspec/core/io/popen_spec.rb +++ b/spec/rubyspec/core/io/popen_spec.rb @@ -74,8 +74,12 @@ describe "IO.popen" do end it "does not throw an exception if child exited and has been waited for" do - @io = IO.popen(ruby_cmd('sleep')) - Process.kill "KILL", @io.pid + # Avoid the /bin/sh subshell using :options and :args to sleep. + # We don't want to kill only the subshell and leave "ruby -e sleep" + # running indefinitely + @io = IO.popen(ruby_cmd(nil, :options => '-e', :args => 'sleep')) + pid = @io.pid + Process.kill "KILL", pid @io.close platform_is_not :windows do $?.signaled?.should == true |