[tor-bugs] #3607 [Tor Client]: Assertion failure in start_writing_to_file

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#3607: Assertion failure in start_writing_to_file
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 Reporter:  Morbid      |          Owner:  rransom           
     Type:  defect      |         Status:  assigned          
 Priority:  major       |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.2.x-final
Component:  Tor Client  |        Version:                    
 Keywords:              |         Parent:                    
   Points:              |   Actualpoints:                    
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Changes (by rransom):

  * priority:  critical => major


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:5 arma]:
 > Did we figure out what Tor version this was, and what platform
 (operating system) it was?

 This bug can only appear on Windows, because the Unixoids (including MacOS
 10) don't distinguish text mode from binary mode (and thus probably don't
 define `O_TEXT` or `O_BINARY`, so the assertion that failed here gets
 #ifdef-ed out).

 I suspect the 0.2.3.1-alpha test bundles, because I remember hearing that
 the `dirreq-stats` feature was turned on by default in 0.2.3.x, and any
 Windows user who would have known how to fiddle with Tor's configuration
 on 0.2.2.x in a way that would trigger this bug would have submitted a
 more detailed bug report.

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