From 2f08577967a937d5e93ca7cb975988fcef35f8e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cameron Sparr <cameronsparr@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 18:32:43 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Fix output panic for -test flag

---
 agent.go | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/agent.go b/agent.go
index 00e42d8cd..8a5c47391 100644
--- a/agent.go
+++ b/agent.go
@@ -271,7 +271,17 @@ func (a *Agent) Test() error {
 	defer close(shutdown)
 	pointChan := make(chan *client.Point)
 
-	go a.flusher(shutdown, pointChan)
+	// dummy receiver for the point channel
+	go func() {
+		for {
+			select {
+			case <-pointChan:
+				// do nothing
+			case <-shutdown:
+				return
+			}
+		}
+	}()
 
 	for _, plugin := range a.plugins {
 		acc := NewAccumulator(plugin.config, pointChan)