udp port

Just out of curiosity: What does postmaster need the UDP port for? (Is
it documented somewhere? I cannot find anything in the documentation).

PostgreSQL-7.2b2

Relevant output from netstat -p -a:

Active Internet connections (servers and established)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State
PID/Program name
tcp        0      0 *:ssh                   *:*                     LISTEN
13687/sshd
udp        0      0 localhost:32769         *:*
14727/postmaster

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