1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tests/misc/sort-merge b/tests/misc/sort-merge
index a2524c40c..fb7c63cc1 100755
--- a/tests/misc/sort-merge
+++ b/tests/misc/sort-merge
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ my $prog = 'sort';
 # three empty files and one that says 'foo'
 my @inputs = (+(map{{IN=> {"empty$_"=> ''}}}1..3), {IN=> {foo=> "foo\n"}});
 
+my $big_input = "aaa\n" x 1024;
+
 # don't need to check for existence, since we're running in a temp dir
 my $badtmp = 'does/not/exist';
 
@@ -66,6 +68,11 @@ my @Tests =
      ['nmerge-no', "-m --batch-size=2 -T$badtmp", @inputs,
         {ERR_SUBST=>"s|: $badtmp/sort.+||"},
         {ERR=>"$prog: cannot create temporary file\n"}, {EXIT=>2}],
+
+     # This used to fail because setting batch-size without also setting
+     # buffer size would cause the buffer size to be set to the minimum.
+     ['batch-size', "--batch-size=16 -T$badtmp", {IN=> {big=> $big_input}},
+	{OUT=>$big_input}],
     );
 
 my $save_temps = $ENV{DEBUG};