From 29e09c1c16ccf928f13d6600155e7ec15a6c0d9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Ranney <mjr@ranney.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:10:50 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix bug in ready check with `return_buffers` set to `true`.

Thanks to Dean Mao and Austin Chau.
---
 changelog.md | 6 ++++++
 index.js     | 4 ++--
 package.json | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index b9d0ff6313..671e046630 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+## v0.5.6 - February 22, 2011
+
+Fix bug in ready check with `return_buffers` set to `true`.
+
+Thanks to Dean Mao and Austin Chau.
+
 ## v0.5.5 - February 16, 2011
 
 Add probe for server readiness.
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index f9358fe48d..4df8bebfa9 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ RedisClient.prototype.ready_check = function () {
                 return;
             }
 
-            var lines = res.split("\r\n"), obj = {}, retry_time;
-        
+            var lines = res.toString().split("\r\n"), obj = {}, retry_time;
+
             lines.forEach(function (line) {
                 var parts = line.split(':');
                 if (parts[1]) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1849030bca..03db43b946 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {   "name" : "redis",
-    "version" : "0.5.5",
+    "version" : "0.5.6",
     "description" : "Redis client library",
     "author": "Matt Ranney <mjr@ranney.com>",
     "contributors": [