1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
index e060bcbe..0f6f7f6f 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use IO::Handle ();
  use Fcntl qw(SEEK_SET);
  use PublicInbox::Config;
  use PublicInbox::Syscall qw(EPOLLIN);
-use PublicInbox::Spawn qw(run_wait popen_rd);
+use PublicInbox::Spawn qw(run_wait popen_rd run_qx);
  use PublicInbox::Lock;
  use PublicInbox::Eml;
  use PublicInbox::Import;
@@ -1091,9 +1091,8 @@ sub path_to_fd {
  # caller needs to "-t $self->{1}" to check if tty
  sub start_pager {
          my ($self, $new_env) = @_;
-        my $fh = popen_rd([qw(git var GIT_PAGER)]);
-        chomp(my $pager = <$fh> // '');
-        close($fh) or warn "`git var PAGER' error: \$?=$?";
+        chomp(my $pager = run_qx([qw(git var GIT_PAGER)]));
+        warn "`git var PAGER' error: \$?=$?" if $?;
          return if $pager eq 'cat' || $pager eq '';
          $new_env //= {};
          $new_env->{LESS} //= 'FRX';