[Bug 1752] Test port not available during make tests

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https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1752

--- Comment #3 from petesea at bigfoot.com  ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> I think any attempts to check for an open port using netstat or similar
> are doomed to fail because of cross-platform incompatibilities. Users
> of the test scripts should just arrange for the port to be free on the
> systems they test under or edit test-exec.sh to pick a new, free port
> there.

Understood.   How about just making the error message a bit more clear?

eg:

  no sshd running on port 4242, try setting $TEST_SSH_PORT to a
  different port

That way, at least users who encounter this problem don't need to go
digging around to figure out the solution is to set $TEST_SSH_PORT.

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