From dde482b421e1d089ea5fd4067fab31927d477dc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Weiske <cweiske@cweiske.de>
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2019 21:55:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH]

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 0-problem.rst  | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1-solution.rst |  1 +
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 0-problem.rst
 create mode 100644 1-solution.rst

diff --git a/0-problem.rst b/0-problem.rst
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+Problem: On Debian 9, gearman-server does not start.
+"gearadmin" also exposes some errors: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=918729
+
+::
+
+  $ apt show gearman-server
+  Package: gearman-server
+  Version: 1.130.1-1
+
+Manual start::
+
+  $ start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /var/run/gearmand.pid --exec /usr/bin/gearmand -- --pidfile=/var/run/gearmand.pid --debug=1
+
+When a worker tries to connect::
+
+  Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/Gearman/Server/Client.pm line 551.
+  Error: Can't locate object method "CMD_" via package "Gearman::Server::Client" at /usr/share/perl5/Gearman/Server/Client.pm line 552.
+
+::
+ 
+  $ ./bin/phinde-worker.php 
+  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
diff --git a/1-solution.rst b/1-solution.rst
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+Solution: use ``gearman-job-server`` (C-reimplementation) instead of ``gearman-server``.
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