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Expand Up @@ -77,8 +77,11 @@ task "resque:pool:setup" do
end
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### Old versions of the redis gem

For normal work with fresh resque and resque-scheduler gems add next lines in lib/rake/resque.rake
Very old versions of the redis gem (prior to v3.1.0, released 2014-06-06), did
not automatically disconnect and reconnect after forking. To safely use those
old versions of the redis gem, add the following to lib/rake/resque.rake:

```ruby
task "resque:pool:setup" do
Expand All @@ -88,6 +91,9 @@ task "resque:pool:setup" do
end
```

Note that the above lines will not work with the redis gem, since v5.0. But it
isn't needed, either!

### Start the pool manager

Then you can start the queues via:
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