Index: policykit-1-0.96/src/polkitagent/polkitagentsession.c
===================================================================
--- policykit-1-0.96.orig/src/polkitagent/polkitagentsession.c	2010-09-30 13:31:20.000000000 -0400
+++ policykit-1-0.96/src/polkitagent/polkitagentsession.c	2010-09-30 13:47:13.000000000 -0400
@@ -305,9 +305,14 @@
                   gpointer user_data)
 {
   PolkitAgentSession *session = POLKIT_AGENT_SESSION (user_data);
+  GMainContext *context = g_main_context_default();
 
   /* kill all the watches we have set up, except for the child since it has exited already */
   session->child_pid = 0;
+  /* Allow the stdout of the child to be processed if we haven't finished yet */
+  while (g_main_context_pending(context)) {
+      g_main_context_iteration(context, FALSE);
+  }
   kill_helper (session);
 }
 
@@ -518,9 +523,9 @@
 
   session->helper_is_running = TRUE;
 
-  session->child_watch_id = g_child_watch_add (session->child_pid, child_watch_func, session);
   session->child_stdout_channel = g_io_channel_unix_new (session->child_stdout);
   session->child_stdout_watch_id = g_io_add_watch (session->child_stdout_channel, G_IO_IN, io_watch_have_data, session);
+  session->child_watch_id = g_child_watch_add (session->child_pid, child_watch_func, session);
 
   return;