[tor-bugs] #6178 [Vidalia]: Vidalia 0.2.19 starts Tor with DataDirectory "" by default

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#6178: Vidalia 0.2.19 starts Tor with DataDirectory "" by default
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 Reporter:  rransom  |          Owner:  chiiph         
     Type:  defect   |         Status:  new            
 Priority:  blocker  |      Milestone:                 
Component:  Vidalia  |        Version:  Vidalia: 0.2.19
 Keywords:           |         Parent:                 
   Points:           |   Actualpoints:                 
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Comment(by chiiph):

 I understand this issue, but I'm not sure what a good default would be. I
 won't revert that commit like the user suggests because it was made to
 solve an issue with TBB.

 The idea is that Vidalia's datadir defaults to ~/.vidalia/, so it looks
 for a vidalia.conf there. The user can set DataDirectory for tor there.
 But I recall rransom saying that that was stupid for a system-wide
 installation.

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