# Setup socket
$host = $host ? inet_aton($host) : INADDR_ANY;
- socket( HTTPDaemon, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, getprotobyname('tcp') );
- setsockopt( HTTPDaemon, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, pack( "l", 1 ) );
- bind( HTTPDaemon, sockaddr_in( $port, $host ) );
- listen( HTTPDaemon, SOMAXCONN );
+ socket( HTTPDaemon, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, getprotobyname('tcp') )
+ || die "Couldn't assign TCP socket: $!";
+ setsockopt( HTTPDaemon, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, pack( "l", 1 ) )
+ || die "Couldn't set TCP socket options: $!";
+ bind( HTTPDaemon, sockaddr_in( $port, $host ) )
+ || die "Couldn't bind socket to $port on $host: $!";
+ listen( HTTPDaemon, SOMAXCONN )
+ || die "Couldn't listen to socket on $port on $host: $!";
my $url = 'http://';
if ( $host eq INADDR_ANY ) {
require Sys::Hostname;