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-rw-r--r--gnu/tests/mail.scm25
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/tests/mail.scm b/gnu/tests/mail.scm
index 298918b3a7..58172cd1d6 100644
--- a/gnu/tests/mail.scm
+++ b/gnu/tests/mail.scm
@@ -140,16 +140,21 @@ match from any for local action inbound
(ice-9 rdelim))
(define (queue-empty?)
- (eof-object?
- (read-line
- (open-input-pipe
- (string-append #$(file-append opensmtpd "/sbin/smtpctl")
- " show queue")))))
-
- (let wait ()
- (if (queue-empty?)
- (file-exists? "/var/mail/root")
- (begin (sleep 1) (wait)))))
+ (let* ((pipe (open-pipe* OPEN_READ
+ #$(file-append opensmtpd
+ "/sbin/smtpctl")
+ "show" "queue"))
+ (line (read-line pipe)))
+ (close-pipe pipe)
+ (eof-object? line)))
+
+ (let wait ((n 20))
+ (cond ((queue-empty?)
+ (file-exists? "/var/mail/root"))
+ ((zero? n)
+ (error "root mailbox didn't show up"))
+ (else
+ (sleep 1) (wait (- n 1))))))
marionette))
(test-end)