From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 20:57:07 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] daemon: Set SO_REUSEADDR on listening sockets.
Message-ID: <7vmzh8cg9o.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <20060203202704.1895.18383.stgit@metalzone.distorted.org.uk>

Mark Wooding <mdw@distorted.org.uk> writes:

> From: Mark Wooding <mdw@distorted.org.uk>
>
> Without this, you can silently lose the ability to receive IPv4
> connections if you stop and restart the daemon.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Wooding <mdw@distorted.org.uk>

I've always wanted to ask HPA and Linus about this why we did
not do SO_REUSEADDR.  I've seen some non-git servers also not
using it, giving me an excuse to take a coffee break during work
;-).  Is it because they predate REUSEADDR, or is there a valid
reason to avoid using REUSEADDR under certain conditions?