On Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 11:29:33PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> 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