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+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Test::More tests => 1;
+
+use File::Path;
+use FindBin;
+use IPC::Open3;
+use IO::Socket;
+
+use Catalyst::Devel 1.0;
+use File::Copy::Recursive;
+
+# Run a single test by providing it as the first arg
+my $single_test = shift;
+
+my $tmpdir = "$FindBin::Bin/../../t/tmp";
+
+# clean up
+rmtree $tmpdir if -d $tmpdir;
+
+# create a TestApp and copy the test libs into it
+mkdir $tmpdir;
+chdir $tmpdir;
+system( $^X, "-I$FindBin::Bin/../../lib", "$FindBin::Bin/../../script/catalyst.pl", 'TestApp' );
+chdir "$FindBin::Bin/..";
+File::Copy::Recursive::dircopy( '../t/lib', '../t/tmp/TestApp/lib' ) or die;
+
+# remove TestApp's tests
+rmtree '../t/tmp/TestApp/t' or die;
+
+# spawn the standalone HTTP server
+my $port = 30000 + int rand(1 + 10000);
+my @cmd = ($^X, "-I$FindBin::Bin/../../lib",
+ "$FindBin::Bin/../../t/tmp/TestApp/script/testapp_server.pl", '-port', $port );
+my $pid = open3( undef, my $server, undef, @cmd)
+ or die "Unable to spawn standalone HTTP server: $!";
+
+# wait for it to start
+print "Waiting for server to start...\n";
+my $timeout = 30;
+my $count = 0;
+while ( check_port( 'localhost', $port ) != 1 ) {
+ sleep 1;
+ die("Server did not start within $timeout seconds: " . join(' ', @cmd))
+ if $count++ > $timeout;
+}
+
+# run the testsuite against the HTTP server
+$ENV{CATALYST_SERVER} = "http://localhost:$port";
+
+my $return;
+if ( $single_test ) {
+ $return = system( "$^X -I../lib/ $single_test" );
+}
+else {
+ $return = prove( '-r', '-I../lib/', glob('../t/aggregate/live_*.t') );
+}
+
+# shut it down
+kill 'INT', $pid;
+close $server;
+
+# clean up
+rmtree "$FindBin::Bin/../../t/tmp" if -d "$FindBin::Bin/../../t/tmp";
+
+is( $return, 0, 'live tests' );
+
+sub check_port {
+ my ( $host, $port ) = @_;
+
+ my $remote = IO::Socket::INET->new(
+ Proto => "tcp",
+ PeerAddr => $host,
+ PeerPort => $port
+ );
+ if ($remote) {
+ close $remote;
+ return 1;
+ }
+ else {
+ return 0;
+ }
+}
+
+sub prove {
+ if (!(my $pid = fork)) {
+ require App::Prove;
+ my $prove = App::Prove->new;
+ $prove->process_args(@_);
+ exit( $prove->run ? 0 : 1 );
+ } else {
+ waitpid $pid, 0;
+ return $?;
+ }
+}