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-rw-r--r--test/lisp/eshell/esh-proc-tests.el6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/test/lisp/eshell/esh-proc-tests.el b/test/lisp/eshell/esh-proc-tests.el
index 52a0d1eeeb8..abe363bee0d 100644
--- a/test/lisp/eshell/esh-proc-tests.el
+++ b/test/lisp/eshell/esh-proc-tests.el
@@ -128,8 +128,10 @@
(eshell-match-command-output
;; The first command is like `yes' but slower. This is to prevent
;; it from taxing Emacs's process filter too much and causing a
- ;; hang.
- (concat "sh -c 'while true; do echo y; sleep 1; done' | "
+ ;; hang. Note that we use "|&" to connect the processes so that
+ ;; Emacs doesn't create an extra pipe process for the first "sh"
+ ;; invocation.
+ (concat "sh -c 'while true; do echo y; sleep 1; done' |& "
"sh -c 'read NAME; echo ${NAME}'")
"y\n")
(eshell-wait-for-subprocess t)