[tbb-bugs] #20497 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Add --enable-tor-browser-data-in-home-dir configure option and code
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#20497: Add --enable-tor-browser-data-in-home-dir configure option and code
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Reporter: attila | Owner: tbb-team
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: Medium | Milestone:
Component: Applications/Tor Browser | Version:
Severity: Normal | Keywords: TBB
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The attached patch adds a new configure option called `--enable-tor-
browser-data-in-home-dir` and code to honor it.
This is effectively a special case of `--enable-tor-browser-data-outside-
app-dir`. I developed this patch for the port of TBB to
[http://www.openbsd.org OpenBSD] because we need to solve the problem of
where the `TorBrowser-Data` directory goes. Under Linux it lives in the
bundle. On Win/Mac there are canonical places for it to go. Under
OpenBSD (and the other BSDs, at least), the logical place is the user's
home directory, so I added this option and use it in
[https://github.com/torbsd/openbsd-ports/blob/master/www/tbb/tor-
browser/Makefile my port's Makefile].
After discussion on `#tor-dev` I'm proposing this as a new feature to make
it easier for other BSD/non-MacWinLin porting efforts.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/20497>
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