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out of date as I thought I must be reading upthread :-)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

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