django sets up memcache incorrectly when arguments are given

[adrian@…]

If your settings file is specifying a cache backend and giving arguments after the '?' you will see errors like this:

MemCache: 127.0.0.1:9999: connect: Name or service not known. Marking dead.

This is because the '' is not trimmed correctly when there is a '?' in CACHE_BACKEND. Here is a patch:

Index: django/core/cache.py
===================================================================
--- django/core/cache.py        (revision 544)
+++ django/core/cache.py        (working copy)
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
     qpos = rest.find('?')
     if qpos != -1:
         params = dict(parse_qsl(rest[qpos+1:]))
-        host = rest[:qpos]
+        host = rest[2:qpos]
     else:
         params = {}
     if host.endswith('/'):

[Adrian Holovaty]

Fixed in [598].