On Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 11:29:33PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Magnus Hagander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Given this, I propose we simply #ifdef out the SO_REUSEADDR on win32. > > Anybody see a problem with this? > > > (A fairly good reference to read up on the options is at > > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms740621.aspx > > Hmm ... if accurate, that page says in words barely longer than one > syllable that Microsoft entirely misunderstands the intended meaning > of SO_REUSEADDR.
Yes, that's how I read it as well. > It looks like SO_EXCLUSIVEADDRUSE might be a bit closer to the standard > semantics; should we use that instead on Windoze? I think you're reading something wrong. The way I read it, SO_EXCLUSIVEADDRUSE gives us pretty much the same behavior we have on Unix *without* SO_REUSEADDR. There's a paragraph specificallyi talking about the problem of restarting a server having to wait for a timeout when using this switch. //Magnus ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
