--- AnyEvent/t/65_event_03_child.t	2011/08/02 22:07:17	1.10
+++ AnyEvent/t/65_event_03_child.t	2012/03/30 04:22:22	1.13
@@ -19,8 +19,11 @@
 }
 
 use AnyEvent;
-BEGIN { eval q{use AnyEvent::Impl::Event;1} or ((print qq{1..0 # SKIP AnyEvent::Impl::Event not loadable
-}), exit 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::Event;1} or ((print qq{1..0 # SKIP AnyEvent::Impl::Event not loadable\n}), exit 0) }
+         
+      
 
 $| = 1; print "1..50\n";
 
@@ -41,10 +44,16 @@
    my $cv = AnyEvent->condvar;
 
    unless ($pid) {
-      print "ok ${it}2\n";
+      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 "POE";
+
       POSIX::_exit 3;
    }
-
    my $w = AnyEvent->child (pid => $pid, cb => sub {
       print $pid == $_[0] ? "" : "not ", "ok ${it}3\ # $pid == $_[0]\n";
       print 3 == ($_[1] >> 8) ? "" : "not ", "ok ${it}4 # 3 == $_[1] >> 8 ($_[1])\n";