$self->{'socketo'}->write("valid-requests\n");
$self->{'socketo'}->flush();
- chomp(my $rep=$self->readline());
+ my $rep=$self->readline();
+ die "Failed to read from server" unless defined $rep;
+ chomp($rep);
if ($rep !~ s/^Valid-requests\s*//) {
$rep="<unknown>" unless $rep;
die "Expected Valid-requests from server, but got: $rep\n";