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+Problem: On Debian 9, gearman-server does not start.\r
+"gearadmin" also exposes some errors: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=918729\r
+\r
+::\r
+\r
+ $ apt show gearman-server\r
+ Package: gearman-server\r
+ Version: 1.130.1-1\r
+\r
+Manual start::\r
+\r
+ $ start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /var/run/gearmand.pid --exec /usr/bin/gearmand -- --pidfile=/var/run/gearmand.pid --debug=1\r
+\r
+When a worker tries to connect::\r
+\r
+ Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/Gearman/Server/Client.pm line 551.\r
+ Error: Can't locate object method "CMD_" via package "Gearman::Server::Client" at /usr/share/perl5/Gearman/Server/Client.pm line 552.\r
+\r
+::\r
+ \r
+ $ ./bin/phinde-worker.php \r
+ PHP Warning: GearmanWorker::work(): gearman_worker_grab_job(GEARMAN_UNEXPECTED_PACKET) unexpected packet:ERROR -> libgearman/worker.cc:794 in phinde-worker.php on line 36\r