cat and nonblocking

[James Simmons]

> # { echo TEST; sleep 1; } | { ./nonblocking; cat; ./blocking; } >result
> cat: read error: Resource temporarily unavailable
> 
> and file "result" contains "TEST", as expected. -- vda

For my case I have ` cat /var/log/test | more ` where the test log is a 
ring buffer. Without the patch cat will read the file but then just sit 
there once it reaches the end. With the non blocking patch it exits. 
Any work arounds for this?