1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/bin/verify b/bin/verify
index 96fe1df9b3..652f83b83f 100755
--- a/bin/verify
+++ b/bin/verify
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ background() {
     out=`outfile $*`
     eval "$* $ARGS > $out &" || { fail; return 1; }
     waitfor $out "$pattern"
+    # printing the ready message doesn't guarnatee we're ready, so sleep a bit.
+    sleep 1
 }
 
 name() {
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@ if [ -n "$QPIDD" ] ; then
 fi
 
 for example in "$@"; do
-    echo -n "$example : "
+    echo -n "== $example "
     if ( verify $example; ) then echo "PASS";  else echo "FAIL"; RET=1; fi
      done
 exit $RET