Re: What is happening on buildfarm member baiji?

Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Dave Page <dpage@postgresql.org>, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2007-05-14T13:47:57Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

Tom Lane wrote:
>      Setting the SO_REUSEADDR option allows the local socket address to be
>      reused in subsequent calls to bind().  This permits multiple
>      SOCK_STREAM sockets to be bound to the same local address, as long as
>      all existing sockets with the desired local address are in a connected
>      state before bind() is called for a new socket.
>
> The bit about "connected state" is relevant here --- a listening socket
> isn't connected.  Time for more caffeine.
>
>   

That's what I thought it meant. I am glad to see that I am not quite as 
out of date as I thought I must be reading upthread :-)

cheers

andrew