So I apologize for the lack of clear error messages. The code is detached, so I have to trap __DIE__ and write to syslog. This is done as follows:

$SIG{__DIE__} = \&die_catcher;
...
#
#   die_catcher
#
#   Try to log the call stack if we die
#
sub die_catcher {
    for my $caller ( CallStack() ) {
        alog(LOG_ERR, $caller);
    }
}
...
#
#   Courtesy of Perl Monks http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=51097
#
sub CallStack {
    local $@;
    eval { confess( '' ) };
    my @stack = split m/\n/, $@;
    shift @stack for 1..3; # Cover our tracks.
    return wantarray ? @stack : join "\n", @stack;
}
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I'm not really that familiar with Carp, I'll see what I can figure out to make it give a more complete backtrace.

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