Refactor TAP test code for file comparisons into new routine in Utils.pm

This unifies the output used should any differences be found in the
files provided, information that 027_stream_regress did not show on
failures.  TAP tests of pg_combinebackup and pg_upgrade now rely on the
refactored routine, reducing the dependency to the diff command.  The
callers of this routine can optionally specify a custom line-comparison
function.

There are a couple of tests that still use directly a diff command:
001_pg_bsd_indent, 017_shm and test_json_parser's 003.  These rely on
different properties and are left out for now.

Extracted from a larger patch by the same author.

Author: Ashutosh Bapat
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/Z6RQS-tMzGYjlA-H@paquier.xyz

src/bin/pg_combinebackup/t/002_compare_backups.pl

@@ -192,27 +192,12 @@ $pitr2->command_ok(
 
 # Compare the two dumps, there should be no differences other than
 # the tablespace paths.
-my $compare_res = compare_text(
+compare_files(
 	$dump1, $dump2,
+	"contents of dumps match for both PITRs",
 	sub {
 		s{create tablespace .* location .*\btspitr\K[12]}{N}i for @_;
 		return $_[0] ne $_[1];
 	});
-note($dump1);
-note($dump2);
-is($compare_res, 0, "dumps are identical");
-
-# Provide more context if the dumps do not match.
-if ($compare_res != 0)
-{
-	my ($stdout, $stderr) =
-	  run_command([ 'diff', '-u', $dump1, $dump2 ]);
-	print "=== diff of $dump1 and $dump2\n";
-	print "=== stdout ===\n";
-	print $stdout;
-	print "=== stderr ===\n";
-	print $stderr;
-	print "=== EOF ===\n";
-}
 
 done_testing();

src/bin/pg_upgrade/t/002_pg_upgrade.pl

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ use warnings FATAL => 'all';
 
 use Cwd            qw(abs_path);
 use File::Basename qw(dirname);
-use File::Compare;
 use File::Find     qw(find);
 use File::Path     qw(rmtree);
 
@@ -515,20 +514,7 @@ my $dump1_filtered = filter_dump(1, $oldnode->pg_version, $dump1_file);
 my $dump2_filtered = filter_dump(0, $oldnode->pg_version, $dump2_file);
 
 # Compare the two dumps, there should be no differences.
-my $compare_res = compare($dump1_filtered, $dump2_filtered);
-is($compare_res, 0, 'old and new dumps match after pg_upgrade');
-
-# Provide more context if the dumps do not match.
-if ($compare_res != 0)
-{
-	my ($stdout, $stderr) =
-	  run_command([ 'diff', '-u', $dump1_filtered, $dump2_filtered ]);
-	print "=== diff of $dump1_filtered and $dump2_filtered\n";
-	print "=== stdout ===\n";
-	print $stdout;
-	print "=== stderr ===\n";
-	print $stderr;
-	print "=== EOF ===\n";
-}
+compare_files($dump1_filtered, $dump2_filtered,
+	'old and new dumps match after pg_upgrade');
 
 done_testing();

src/test/perl/PostgreSQL/Test/Utils.pm

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ use Cwd;
 use Exporter 'import';
 use Fcntl qw(:mode :seek);
 use File::Basename;
+use File::Compare;
 use File::Find;
 use File::Spec;
 use File::stat qw(stat);
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ our @EXPORT = qw(
   check_mode_recursive
   chmod_recursive
   check_pg_config
+  compare_files
   dir_symlink
   scan_server_header
   system_or_bail
@@ -773,6 +775,45 @@ sub check_pg_config
 
 =pod
 
+=item compare_files(file1, file2, testname)
+
+Check that two files match, printing the difference if any.
+
+C<line_comp_function> is an optional CODE reference to a line comparison
+function, passed down as-is to File::Compare::compare_text.
+
+=cut
+
+sub compare_files
+{
+	my ($file1, $file2, $testname, $line_comp_function) = @_;
+
+	# If nothing is given, all lines should be equal.
+	$line_comp_function = sub { $_[0] ne $_[1] }
+	  unless defined $line_comp_function;
+
+	my $compare_res =
+	  File::Compare::compare_text($file1, $file2, $line_comp_function);
+	is($compare_res, 0, $testname);
+
+	# Provide more context if the files do not match.
+	if ($compare_res != 0)
+	{
+		my ($stdout, $stderr) =
+		  run_command([ 'diff', '-u', $file1, $file2 ]);
+		print "=== diff of $file1 and $file2\n";
+		print "=== stdout ===\n";
+		print $stdout;
+		print "=== stderr ===\n";
+		print $stderr;
+		print "=== EOF ===\n";
+	}
+
+	return;
+}
+
+=pod
+
 =item dir_symlink(oldname, newname)
 
 Portably create a symlink for a directory. On Windows this creates a junction

src/test/recovery/t/027_stream_regress.pl

@@ -120,8 +120,9 @@ command_ok(
 		'--port' => $node_standby_1->port,
 	],
 	'dump standby server');
-command_ok(
-	[ 'diff', $outputdir . '/primary.dump', $outputdir . '/standby.dump', ],
+compare_files(
+	$outputdir . '/primary.dump',
+	$outputdir . '/standby.dump',
 	'compare primary and standby dumps');
 
 # Likewise for the catalogs of the regression database, after disabling
@@ -150,12 +151,9 @@ command_ok(
 		'regression',
 	],
 	'dump catalogs of standby server');
-command_ok(
-	[
-		'diff',
+compare_files(
 	$outputdir . '/catalogs_primary.dump',
 	$outputdir . '/catalogs_standby.dump',
-	],
 	'compare primary and standby catalog dumps');
 
 # Check some data from pg_stat_statements.