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

Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>

Commit: 169208092f5c98a6021b23b38f03a5d65f84ad96
Author: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Date: 2025-02-09T07:52:33Z
Releases: 18.0
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

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