Bug#195353: java.net.SocketException: SO_REUSEADDR: not valid for TCP

[martin@v.loewis.de (Martin v. Löwis)]

Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org> writes:

> java.net.SocketException: SO_REUSEADDR: not valid for TCP
[...]
> It is perfectly fine to set that option for a tcp socket.  Setting it for
> udp makes no sense.

Hmm. 
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/docs/api/java/net/SocketOptions.html#SO_REUSEADDR
says

Sets SO_REUSEADDR for a socket. This is used only for MulticastSockets
in java, and it is set by default for MulticastSockets.

Valid for: DatagramSocketImpl 

Regards,
Martin