1 file changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletion
diff --git a/tests/t0204-limits.sh b/tests/t0204-limits.sh
index caf24e9..da50018 100755
--- a/tests/t0204-limits.sh
+++ b/tests/t0204-limits.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,13 @@ test_expect_success 'an enormous query is clamped, not rejected' '
 	long=$(awk "BEGIN{s=\"\";for(i=0;i<4000;i++)s=s \"a\"; print s}") &&
 	cgit_query "q=$long" >tmp &&
 	grep "</html>" tmp &&
-	longest=$(grep -o "aaaa*" tmp | awk "{print length}" | sort -n | tail -1) &&
+	longest=$(awk "{
+		while (match(\$0, /aa*/)) {
+			if (RLENGTH > n)
+				n = RLENGTH
+			\$0 = substr(\$0, RSTART + RLENGTH)
+		}
+	} END { print n }" tmp) &&
 	test "$longest" -eq 512
 '