1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm
index 61dc7ce3..2a0e06d1 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdx.pm
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use POSIX qw(strftime);
  use Fcntl qw(SEEK_SET);
  use Time::Local qw(timegm);
  use PublicInbox::OverIdx;
-use PublicInbox::Spawn qw(spawn);
+use PublicInbox::Spawn qw(run_wait);
  use PublicInbox::Git qw(git_unquote);
  use PublicInbox::MsgTime qw(msg_timestamp msg_datestamp);
  use PublicInbox::Address;
@@ -1010,9 +1010,7 @@ sub is_ancestor ($$$) {
          return 0 unless $git->check($cur);
          my $cmd = [ 'git', "--git-dir=$git->{git_dir}",
                  qw(merge-base --is-ancestor), $cur, $tip ];
-        my $pid = spawn($cmd);
-        waitpid($pid, 0) == $pid or die join(' ', @$cmd) .' did not finish';
-        $? == 0;
+        run_wait($cmd) == 0;
  }
  
  sub need_update ($$$$) {