@@ -316,9 +316,9 @@ func (s *DockerSuite) TestInspectExecID(c *check.C) {

 		c.Fatalf("ExecIDs should be empty, got: %s", out)

 	}

-	// Start an exec, have it block waiting for input so we can do some checking

-	cmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "exec", "-i", id, "sh", "-c", "read a")

-	execStdin, _ := cmd.StdinPipe()

+	// Start an exec, have it block waiting so we can do some checking

+	cmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "exec", id, "sh", "-c",

+		"while ! test -e /tmp/execid1; do sleep 1; done")

 	if err = cmd.Start(); err != nil {

 		c.Fatalf("failed to start the exec cmd: %q", err)

@@ -349,8 +349,15 @@ func (s *DockerSuite) TestInspectExecID(c *check.C) {

 		c.Fatalf("failed to get the exec id: %v", err)

 	}

-	// End the exec by closing its stdin, and wait for it to end

-	execStdin.Close()

+	// End the exec by creating the missing file

+	err = exec.Command(dockerBinary, "exec", id,

+		"sh", "-c", "touch /tmp/execid1").Run()

+

+	if err != nil {

+		c.Fatalf("failed to run the 2nd exec cmd: %q", err)

+	}

+

+	// Wait for 1st exec to complete

 	cmd.Wait()

 	// All execs for the container should be gone now