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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use strict;
+use Test::More tests => 3;
+use FindBin qw($Bin);
+use lib "$Bin/lib";
+use MemcachedTest;
+
+my $server = new_memcached();
+
+ok($server, "started the server");
+
+eval {
+    my $server = new_memcached("-l fooble");
+};
+ok($@, "Died with illegal -l args");
+
+eval {
+    my $server = new_memcached("-l 127.0.0.1");
+};
+is($@,'', "-l 127.0.0.1 works");