From 95d43d1e39617c6ea0b411d2ba15fdb45395b10d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: eldritch horrors <pennae@lix.systems>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 23:22:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] testing: unrace functional-repl

using sleep(1) as a synchronization mechanism does not work. use fifos instead.

fixes #690 and ci constantly falling over in the same exact fucking source line

Change-Id: I51725f8e439b6753f3212d2897dbb0620ad77a37
---
 tests/functional/repl.sh | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tests/functional/repl.sh b/tests/functional/repl.sh
index 54acc4986..116f5e480 100644
--- a/tests/functional/repl.sh
+++ b/tests/functional/repl.sh
@@ -147,7 +147,9 @@ foo + baz
 # - Check that the result has changed
 replResult=$( (
 echo "changingThing"
-sleep 1 # Leave the repl the time to eval 'foo'
+mkfifo fifo
+echo "builtins.readFile ./fifo"
+echo > fifo
 sed -i 's/beforeChange/afterChange/' flake/flake.nix
 echo ":reload"
 echo "changingThing"