commit - 0cbb500d5465f28a383fa7f778ca9daca3f7cebd
commit + beae6fa9c8f59ad6441260412add9b9c84617cac
blob - 75de0f328efa70906b9f140a69ae7dec8ed158b2
blob + 9c22585ae2e9587d11e6592284a19d66ccf4e4cb
--- support/adapt-tst
+++ support/adapt-tst
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ do
 done
 shift $(($OPTIND - 1))
 
-# create temp. file for communicating with the test
-tmp=/tmp/adapt-tst.$$
-trap "rm -f $tmp" EXIT
-
 # initialize the counters
 run=0 ok=0 fail=0 error=0
 
+# create temp. file for communicating with the test
+tmp=/tmp/adapt-tst.$$.tmp
+trap "rm -f $tmp" EXIT
+
 # clear the flag variables for the test executable
 unset D V K X
 [ $vflag -ge 2 ] && export V=1
@@ -41,9 +41,13 @@ unset D V K X
 D=1 "$cmd" "$@" >$tmp || exit 127
 run=$(echo $(wc -l <$tmp))
 
-# perform the tests, counting and reporting results
+# run the tests in the background, redirecting output to a fifo
+rm -f $tmp
+mkfifo $tmp || exit 127
+"$cmd" "$@" >$tmp &
+
+# interpret and report test results
 echo "run $run  ok $ok  fail $fail  error $error"
-"$cmd" "$@" >$tmp
 IFS=			# disable field splitting to read the whole line
 while read -r line
 do
@@ -70,6 +74,7 @@ do
 
 	echo "run $run  ok $ok  fail $fail  error $error"
 done <$tmp
+wait
 
 # exit 0 if and only if the counters indicate a perfect run
 [ $ok -eq $run -a $fail -eq 0 -a $error -eq 0 ]