From 859a5fe8f243d356882cd3447cc7fba5a5a7a330 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Zangerl <exmh@bin.snafu.priv.at>
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 09:19:20 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure that writes to /dev/tty succeed to determine if it is
 writeable.

---
 test/pick/test-pick |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/test/pick/test-pick b/test/pick/test-pick
index 08772bf..9b737ce 100755
--- a/test/pick/test-pick
+++ b/test/pick/test-pick
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ cat >$expected <<EOF
 EOF
 check $expected $actual
 
-if test -w /dev/tty; then
+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
-- 
1.7.10.4