[tor-bugs] #4048 [Tor bundles/installation]: If Tor leaves behind its port.conf file, Vidalia and Tor race at next startup

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Mon Sep 19 03:08:59 UTC 2011


#4048: If Tor leaves behind its port.conf file, Vidalia and Tor race at next
startup
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 Reporter:  arma                      |          Owner:  erinn
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  new  
 Priority:  normal                    |      Milestone:       
Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |        Version:       
 Keywords:                            |         Parent:       
   Points:                            |   Actualpoints:       
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Comment(by arma):

 One solution would be for some component of TBB to rm the file before
 starting Tor. Then there wouldn't be a race anymore.

 What's the right component to be doing it? The startup script? Vidalia?

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