diff -u memcached-1.4.5/debian/changelog memcached-1.4.5/debian/changelog
--- memcached-1.4.5/debian/changelog
+++ memcached-1.4.5/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+memcached (1.4.5-1ubuntu1) maverick; urgency=low
+
+  * Adding memcached-1.4.5-fix-start-memcached.patch (LP: 491685)
+
+ -- Clint Byrum <clint@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:02:01 -0700
+
 memcached (1.4.5-1) unstable; urgency=high
 
   * New upstream release.  Main changes since 1.4.2 are:
diff -u memcached-1.4.5/debian/patches/series memcached-1.4.5/debian/patches/series
--- memcached-1.4.5/debian/patches/series
+++ memcached-1.4.5/debian/patches/series
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+memcached-1.4.5-fix-start-memcached.patch
 01_init_script_additions.patch
 02_manpage_additions.patch
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- memcached-1.4.5.orig/debian/patches/memcached-1.4.5-fix-start-memcached.patch
+++ memcached-1.4.5/debian/patches/memcached-1.4.5-fix-start-memcached.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+--- memcached-1.4.5/scripts/start-memcached	2009-10-23 13:38:01.000000000 -0700
++++ memcached-1.4.5-1ubuntu1/scripts/start-memcached	2010-05-27 18:02:25.371376556 -0700
+@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
+ # Anyone may use this little script under the same terms as
+ # memcached itself.
+ 
++use POSIX qw(setsid);
+ use strict;
+ 
+ if($> != 0 and $< != 0)
+@@ -100,7 +101,14 @@
+ 
+ if($pid == 0)
+ {
++    # setsid makes us the session leader
++    setsid();
+     reopen_logfile($fd_reopened);
++    # must fork again now that tty is closed
++    $pid = fork();
++    if ($pid) {
++      exit(0);
++    }
+     exec "$memcached $params";
+     exit(0);
+