Re: rsync and pbulk

[Thomas Klausner <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 05:19:24PM +0200, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 04:34:54PM +0200, Tobias Nygren wrote:
> > On Fri, 16 Oct 2015 14:15:50 +0100
> > Jonathan Perkin <jperkin%joyent.com@localhost> wrote:
> > 
> > > > > pbulk-scan: Could not bind socket: Address already in use
> > > 
> > > Needs our SO_REUSEADDR fix, which is in this commit along with the
> > > rest of our pbulk changes:
> > > 
> > >   https://github.com/joyent/pkgsrc/commit/a6448d2
> > > 
> > > I'm currently working on splitting this up to make it easier for
> > > people to pull in the bits they require (not all our changes are
> > > suitable for upstream).
> > 
> > Can we please at least put the SO_REUSEADDR fix in pkgsrc proper?
> > If the pbulk maintainer does not like it for his builds there is the
> > possibility of introducing a pbulk.conf option that toggles some
> > command line flag to the scan and build tools.
> 
> How about trying to understand why I am against it first?

After googling for a statement from you about this (why can't you just
repeat it to make it easier for everyone?) I found this from 2008:

https://gnats.netbsd.org/37002

> I do not like this as it means it is much easier to accidently run the
> programs twice. This applies for pbulk-build as well.

Just so that others don't have to google this...
 Thomas