[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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#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):
Replying to [comment:2 erinn]:
> In that case, TBB startup scripts are the wrong place and Vidalia or Tor
will be smarter. I think.
I agree that having Vidalia do it is best. Vidalia knows what datadir it
is configured to think Tor will use, after all, and it already knows how
to construct the path to the port.conf file, since it is planning to try
to read it once it launches Tor.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/4048#comment:4>
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