[tor-bugs] #10030 [Tor bundles/installation]: Tor pluggable transport bundle does not work in OS X Mavericks

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#10030: Tor pluggable transport bundle does not work in OS X Mavericks
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     Reporter:  msfc                      |      Owner:
         Type:  defect                    |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal                    |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |    Version:  Tor: 0.2.4.16-rc
   Resolution:                            |   Keywords:
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Comment (by dcf):

 Replying to [comment:14 aze]:
 > On 10.9 Mavericks
 >
 > {{{
 > cat /tmp/pathtest.txt
 > /
 > /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
 > }}}

 Thanks. It looks like this change in working directory is the direct cause
 of the problem.

 Somehow the app bundle manages to launch Vidalia and Vidalia manages to
 launch Tor. But Tor isn't able to launch its pluggable transports. We
 should find out what Vidalia or other startup script is doing differently
 that makes it work.

 I found reports in other software that seem to have the same cause:
  * [https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTBUG-34300
 QDir::currentPath() not returning current application's folder pathname
 under OSX 10.9 Mavericks]
  * [https://qt-project.org/forums/viewthread/34019 QDir::currentPath() OSX
 10.9 Mavericks bug]
  * [https://code.google.com/p/eiskaltdc/issues/detail?id=1442 Mac OS X
 10.9: problem with loading program icons]
 The first link says that `QDir::currentPath()` returns `"/"` (or an empty
 string, it's not clear), while `QApplication::applicationDirPath()`
 returns something useful. So we could check out what
 `QApplication::applicationDirPath()` does.

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