if RUBY_VERSION >= "1.9.1"
 require 'mysqlplus'
 require 'socket'
 TCPServer.new '0.0.0.0', 8001
 require 'timeout'
 Timeout::timeout(1) {
  # uncomment this line to do the 'real' test
  # which hangs otherwise (blows up if code is bad, otherwise hangs)
  # Mysql.real_connect '127.0.0.1', 'root', 'pass', 'db', 8000
 }
 Thread.new { Mysql.real_connect '127.0.0.1', 'root', 'pass', 'db', 8001 }
 sleep 1
 print "pass"
 system("kill -9 #{Process.pid}")
end