1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Spawn.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Spawn.pm
index 8cc4dfaf..849438bc 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Spawn.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Spawn.pm
@@ -396,14 +396,12 @@ sub popen_wr {
  
  sub read_out_err ($) {
          my ($opt) = @_;
-        local $/;
          for my $fd (1, 2) { # read stdout/stderr
                  my $fh = delete($opt->{"fh.$fd"}) // next;
                  seek($fh, 0, SEEK_SET);
                  my $dst = $opt->{$fd};
                  $dst = $opt->{$fd} = $dst->[1] if ref($dst) eq 'ARRAY';
-                $$dst .= <$fh>;
-                $fh = eof($fh) | close $fh; # detects readline errors
+                PublicInbox::IO::read_all $fh, 0, $dst, length($$dst);
          }
  }