X-Git-Url: https://diplodocus.org/git/nmh/blobdiff_plain/fdc65105f4da4796ea11ede295622deae7690c18..3db525b0ba9a07177bb5709bdcee1f81dc06a7e3:/test/post/test-post-common.sh

diff --git a/test/post/test-post-common.sh b/test/post/test-post-common.sh
index e0eaa4ac..773e49db 100755
--- a/test/post/test-post-common.sh
+++ b/test/post/test-post-common.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,17 @@ test_post ()
 { "${MH_OBJ_DIR}/test/fakesmtp" "$1" $localport &
     pid="$!"
 
-    send -draft -server 127.0.0.1 -port $localport || exit 1
+    # The server doesn't always come up fast enough, so sleep and
+    # retry a few times if it fails...
+    status=1
+    for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9; do
+        if send -draft -server 127.0.0.1 -port $localport >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            status=0
+            break
+        fi
+        sleep 1
+    done
+    [ $status -eq 0 ] || exit 1
 
     wait ${pid}
 
@@ -37,9 +47,8 @@ test_post ()
     # compare it against our "correct" output.
     #
 
-    sed -i.bak -e 's/^Date:.*/Date:/' "$1"
+    sed -e 's/^Date:.*/Date:/' "$1" > "$1".nodate
+    rm -f "$1"
 
-    rm -f "${1}.bak"
-
-    check "$1" "$2"
+    check "$1".nodate "$2"
 }