1 file changed, 15 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/tests/t0303-robustness.sh b/tests/t0303-robustness.sh
index 41681fa..5f247d1 100755
--- a/tests/t0303-robustness.sh
+++ b/tests/t0303-robustness.sh
@@ -394,22 +394,28 @@ test_expect_success 'a corrupt blob in a collected diff answers the error' '
 	grep "Unable to complete the request" tmp
 '
 
+# Shells word the failed write differently, and dash names no broken pipe at
+# all, so the test looks at whether the writer outlived the closed pipe. It
+# puts out more than a pipe holds, so it meets the closed end whatever the
+# timing, and it is a script of its own because a subshell of ksh stops at
+# the failed write even with the signal ignored.
 test_expect_success 'a filter pipeline sees the default SIGPIPE disposition' '
-	write_script pipe.sh <<-\EOF &&
+	write_script writer.sh <<-\EOF &&
 	n=0
 	while test $n -lt 20000
 	do
 		echo line
 		n=$((n + 1))
-	done | head -c 5
+	done
+	echo outlived >"$PWD/outlived"
 	EOF
-	{
-		echo "source-filter=exec:$PWD/pipe.sh" &&
-		cat robrc
-	} >piperc &&
-	cgit_rc piperc "url=rob/tree/file-1" >tmp 2>err &&
-	grep "^Status: 200" tmp &&
-	! grep -i "broken pipe" err
+	write_script pipe.sh <<-EOF &&
+	"$PWD/writer.sh" | head -n 1
+	EOF
+	cgitrc_repo piperc rob "source-filter=exec:$PWD/pipe.sh" &&
+	cgit_ok piperc "url=rob/tree/file-1" >tmp &&
+	test_grep "<pre><code>line$" tmp &&
+	test_path_is_missing outlived
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'the fallback branch skips a name spelled like an option' '