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cmdserver: add service that listens on unix domain socket and forks process

Typical use case of 'unix' mode is a background hg daemon.

    $ hg serve --cmdserver unix --cwd / -a /tmp/hg-`id -u`.sock

Unlike 'pipe' mode in which parent process keeps stdio channel, 'unix' server
can be detached.  So clients can freely connect and disconnect from server,
saving Python start-up time.

It might be better to write "--cmdserver socket -a unix:/sockpath" instead
of "--cmdserver unix -a /sockpath" in case hgweb gets the ability to listen
on unix domain socket.

Mercurial
=========

Mercurial is a fast, easy to use, distributed revision control tool
for software developers.

Basic install:

 $ make            # see install targets
 $ make install    # do a system-wide install
 $ hg debuginstall # sanity-check setup
 $ hg              # see help

Running without installing:

 $ make local      # build for inplace usage
 $ ./hg --version  # should show the latest version

See http://mercurial.selenic.com/ for detailed installation
instructions, platform-specific notes, and Mercurial user information.