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IRC, unknown channel, unknown date.

    <youpi> we really need something that is able to automatically check port deallocation
    <youpi> at least for the trivial cases, for which we do have bugs I'm currently fixing...
    <pochu> test suite? :)
    <pochu> won't magically find them though, so not what you've asked for...
    <youpi> test suites can trigger some of the bugs yes
    <youpi> which is already a good thing
    <youpi> of course the coverage can't be perfect
    <youpi> one of the bugs I fixed happened only for setuid binaries for instance

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portseal can automatically detect port leaks.  It is somewhat
intrusive, as it leverages a source-transformation and hence requires
a recompilation of the code that contains the port leak.  Currently,
it is a prototype.  If you are looking for a port leak, I'd love you
to try it though:

[[http://darnassus.sceen.net/gitweb/teythoon/portseal.git]]