From 080bab6b17af7b5c1b7c851ee3d8d7848b98f7a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kalle Fagerberg <kalle.f8+github@proton.me>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 22:04:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Pipe emulator output instead of buffering it

---
 src/commands/emulator.rs |  6 +++---
 src/langs.rs             | 10 +++++++---
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/commands/emulator.rs b/src/commands/emulator.rs
index d80c623..5ce3505 100644
--- a/src/commands/emulator.rs
+++ b/src/commands/emulator.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::args::EmulatorArgs;
-use crate::langs::check_output;
+use crate::langs::check_exit_status;
 use anyhow::{Context, Result, bail};
 use flate2::read::GzDecoder;
 use std::fs::File;
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ pub fn cmd_emulator(vfs: &Path, args: &EmulatorArgs) -> Result<()> {
         download_emulator(&bin_path).context("download emulator")?;
     }
     println!("⌛ running...");
-    let output = Command::new(bin_path).args(&args.args).output()?;
-    check_output(&output).context("run emulator")?;
+    let exit_status = Command::new(bin_path).args(&args.args).status()?;
+    check_exit_status(exit_status).context("run emulator")?;
     Ok(())
 }
 
diff --git a/src/langs.rs b/src/langs.rs
index ca2cd1e..66c0ac5 100644
--- a/src/langs.rs
+++ b/src/langs.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use std::env::temp_dir;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
-use std::process::{Command, Output};
+use std::process::{Command, ExitStatus, Output};
 
 pub fn build_bin(config: &Config, args: &BuildArgs) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     // Don't build the binary if it will be copied directly in "files".
@@ -511,8 +511,12 @@ pub fn path_to_utf8(path: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<&str> {
 pub fn check_output(output: &Output) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     std::io::stdout().write_all(&output.stdout)?;
     std::io::stderr().write_all(&output.stderr)?;
-    if !output.status.success() {
-        let code = output.status.code().unwrap_or(1);
+    check_exit_status(output.status)
+}
+
+pub fn check_exit_status(output: ExitStatus) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    if !output.success() {
+        let code = output.code().unwrap_or(1);
         bail!("subprocess exited with status code {code}");
     }
     Ok(())