22:08:18 GMT <cespare> Is there any way to start redis on an os-chosen port? If I run redis-server --port 0 it says "Configured to not listen anywhere, exiting." so I guess it treats 0 like "do not listen on this interface"
22:34:05 GMT <badboy_> nope
22:38:29 GMT <minus> you could use mktemp to generate a temporary file name and use that as unix socket
22:38:52 GMT <minus> depends on what you're looking to do though
22:44:24 GMT <cespare> minus: i thought about using a unix socket but it looks like my client only supports tcp
22:46:20 GMT <cespare> (I sent the question to the ML with a bit more info: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/redis-db/mHklRpi_0Io/YJ4y7fGSFAAJ)
22:47:25 GMT <minus> problem is that it has next to no use
22:48:01 GMT <minus> and you need to add a mechansim to discover the port
22:48:55 GMT <cespare> yes well, i was hoping it would print out the port in the log message like it currently does
22:50:00 GMT <Habbie> i would like this
22:50:49 GMT <cespare> minus: it has at least *a* use, as I gave :)
22:51:10 GMT <cespare> it's also kind of a trivial feature; i'd just like my 0 to be passed through to bind()
22:51:29 GMT <cespare> but redis-server gives 0 special meaning, unfortunately
22:51:36 GMT <cespare> be nicer if it used -1 for its magic purposes
22:51:54 GMT <Habbie> that would mean doubling the bit width of the type perhaps
22:52:38 GMT <cespare> Habbie: nope, it's an int
22:52:44 GMT <Habbie> ah
22:53:41 GMT <Habbie> weird ;)