diff --git a/sal/qa/osl/process/osl_process.cxx b/sal/qa/osl/process/osl_process.cxx
index 2535c4c..e5f53c7 100644
--- a/sal/qa/osl/process/osl_process.cxx
+++ b/sal/qa/osl/process/osl_process.cxx
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <iterator>
 #include <string>
+#include <limits>
 
 #ifdef UNX
 #if defined( MACOSX )
@@ -469,7 +470,7 @@ public:
         OString temp_file_name = OUStringToOString(OUString(
             parameters_[1]), osl_getThreadTextEncoding());
         std::ifstream file(temp_file_name.getStr());
-
+        file.ignore(std::numeric_limits<std::streamsize>::max(), '\n');
         CPPUNIT_ASSERT_MESSAGE
         (
             "I/O error, cannot open child environment file",
@@ -561,8 +562,13 @@ public:
 #endif
 
         bool different_env_size_equals    = (different_child_env_vars.size() == different_env_vars.size());
-        bool different_env_content_equals =
+        fprintf(stderr, "different_child_env_vars.size() %d\n", different_child_env_vars.size());fflush(stderr);
+        fprintf(stderr, "different_env_vars.size() %d\n", different_env_vars.size());fflush(stderr);
+        bool different_env_content_equals = false;
+        if (different_child_env_vars.size() == different_env_vars.size()) {
+            different_env_content_equals =
             std::equal(different_env_vars.begin(), different_env_vars.end(), different_child_env_vars.begin());
+        }
 
         return (common_env_size_equals && common_env_content_equals &&
                 different_env_size_equals && different_env_content_equals);