Hello!

I am also working on an init-system.
I saw how runit does IPC with two fifos for each service. I tried
to use unix-sockets (AF_UNIX), but bind() fails, as

   a) it cannot create socket (fs is r/o at boot)
   b) it says already bound (as socket exists)

So my questions now are:
   
   a) is there a way to tell bind() to reuse the existing socket?
   b) is a per-service fifo-based communication really the best
      thing one wants for a parallel executing init?


I also attached my mail I posted to comp.unix.programmer, which
explains the problem more in detail.

Thanks for any hint,

Nico

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