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src/test/kerberos and src/test/ldap need to run a private authentication server of the relevant type, for which they need a free TCP port. They were just picking a random port number in 48K-64K, which works except when something's already using the particular port. Notably, the probability of failure rises dramatically if one simply runs those tests in a tight loop, because each test cycle leaves behind a bunch of high ports that are transiently in TIME_WAIT state. To fix, split out the code that PostgresNode.pm already had for identifying a free TCP port number, so that it can be invoked to choose a port for the KDC or LDAP server. This isn't 100% bulletproof, since conceivably something else on the machine could grab the port between the time we check and the time we actually start the server. But that's a pretty short window, so in practice this should be good enough. Back-patch to v11 where these test suites were added. Patch by me, reviewed by Andrew Dunstan. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/3397.1564872168@sss.pgh.pa.us
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