--- AnyEvent/t/62_cocoa_03_child.t	2011/10/01 22:39:29	1.6
+++ AnyEvent/t/62_cocoa_03_child.t	2013/07/30 23:14:32	1.9
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 use AnyEvent;
 
+         BEGIN { $^W = 0 }
          BEGIN { $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_LOOP_TESTS} or ((print qq{1..0 # SKIP PERL_ANYEVENT_LOOP_TESTS not true\n}), exit 0) }
          BEGIN { eval q{use AnyEvent::Impl::Cocoa;1} or ((print qq{1..0 # SKIP AnyEvent::Impl::Cocoa not loadable\n}), exit 0) }
          
@@ -45,6 +46,13 @@
 
    unless ($pid) {
       print "ok ${it}2 # child $$\n";
+
+      # POE hits a race condition when the child dies too quickly
+      # because it checks for child exit before installing the signal handler.
+      # seen in version 1.352 - earlier versions had the same bug, but
+      # polled for child exits regularly, so only caused a delay.
+      sleep 1 if $AnyEvent::MODEL eq "AnyEvent::Impl::POE";
+
       POSIX::_exit 3;
    }
    my $w = AnyEvent->child (pid => $pid, cb => sub {
@@ -55,7 +63,10 @@
 
    $cv->recv;
 
-   my $pid2 = fork || POSIX::_exit 7;
+   my $pid2 = fork || do {
+      sleep 1 if $AnyEvent::MODEL eq "AnyEvent::Impl::POE";
+      POSIX::_exit 7;
+   };
 
    my $cv2 = AnyEvent->condvar;