On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 12:19:15PM +0000, Tage Johansson wrote:
> I guess that we still use nbdkit with a unix socket when testing the
> examples in run-tests.sh, right?

Yes.  In fact, we must since there may be other tests running in
parallel, or simply an NBD server already sitting on a port.  Plus
allocating non-conflicting TCP ports in a race-free way is very hard.

Note that nbdkit's --run parameter defines "$uri" so you don't have to
make the URI yourself.

Rich.

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