1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/me/memcachedTestHook/memcached-test-hook.sh b/pkgs/by-name/me/memcachedTestHook/memcached-test-hook.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aa49e5066721
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/me/memcachedTestHook/memcached-test-hook.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+preCheckHooks+=('memcachedStart')
+postCheckHooks+=('memcachedStop')
+
+
+memcachedStart() {
+  if [[ "${memcachedTestPort:-}" == "" ]]; then
+    memcachedTestPort=11211
+  fi
+
+  echo 'starting memcached'
+
+  # Note about Darwin: unless the output is redirected, the parent process becomes launchd instead of bash.
+  # This would leave the memcached process running in case of a test failure (the postCheckHook would not be executed),
+  # hanging the Nix build forever.
+  @memcached@ -p "$memcachedTestPort" >/dev/null 2>&1 &
+  MEMCACHED_PID=$!
+
+  echo 'waiting for memcached to be ready'
+  while ! (echo 'quit' | @nc@ localhost "$memcachedTestPort") ; do
+    sleep 1
+  done
+}
+
+memcachedStop() {
+  echo 'stopping memcached'
+  kill "$MEMCACHED_PID"
+}