it looks like the write to /dev/tty is causing the warning from

[nmh] / test / pick / test-pick

diff --git a/test/pick/test-pick b/test/pick/test-pick
index ce68325d0b496c44f22e5f04c08a4cc66b060d56..eb8d98844569733d2148d0149bdf70148f7576a0 100755 (executable)
--- a/test/pick/test-pick
+++ b/test/pick/test-pick
@@ -99,12 +99,16 @@ cat >"$expected" <<EOF
 EOF
 check "$expected" "$actual"
 
 EOF
 check "$expected" "$actual"
 

-if test -w /dev/tty && printf '' >/dev/tty; then
-  # Produce no standard output if no messages match and standard
-  # output is a tty.  To test that even when run with stdout
-  # detached, write directly to /dev/tty.  Can't capture the
-  # output so hopefully the user will notice it.
-  pick -subject message.3 -and -from Test4 >/dev/tty 2>/dev/null
+if test -w /dev/tty; then
+  if (printf '' >/dev/tty) 2>/dev/null; then
+    # Produce no standard output if no messages match and standard
+    # output is a tty.  To test that even when run with stdout
+    # detached, write directly to /dev/tty.  Can't capture the
+    # output so hopefully the user will notice it.
+    pick -subject message.3 -and -from Test4 >/dev/tty 2>/dev/null
+  else
+    echo "$0: skip tty test because can't write to /dev/tty"
+  fi

 else
   echo "$0: skip tty test because can't write to /dev/tty"
 fi
 else
   echo "$0: skip tty test because can't write to /dev/tty"
 fi