Re: [gpsd-dev] regression test puzling non-failure which should probably fail

[Eric S. Raymond]

Hal Murray <address@hidden>:
> 
> address@hidden said:
> > You're not.  I thought the odds of a pair collision were already low enough
> > not to justify additional conmplexity.  But since it's come up I might try
> > putting retry logic in place. 
> 
> Isn't there a way of asking the system to pick an unused port number and then 
> getting it to tell you the one it assigned?

If there is, I don't know of it.
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