[tor-bugs] #11638 [Tor]: Backport raising of #9731 fixes.

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#11638: Backport raising of #9731 fixes.
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     Reporter:           |      Owner:
  robgjansen             |     Status:  needs_review
         Type:  defect   |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.4.x-final
     Priority:  normal   |    Version:  Tor: 0.2.4.21
    Component:  Tor      |   Keywords:  tor-relay, shadow, infinite, loops,
   Resolution:           |  arma-backport-02422
Actual Points:           |  Parent ID:
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Changes (by robgjansen):

 * cc: rob.g.jansen@… (added)


Comment:

 I did some more testing with Shadow v1.9.2 and Nick's "bug11638_024" Tor
 branch at commit efab3484e6ea3a799ccf61061450cfc35791ad41 (one before the
 backported patch), using my
 [https://github.com/shadow/shadow/blob/shadow-v1.9.2/resource/examples/scallion/minimal.tar.xz
 minimal Tor topology].

 The bad news is that Tor nodes continue to have bootstrapping problems.
 The good news is that since the problems occur on the minimal network, we
 can reproduce them in a matter of seconds. I'm not sure if this is Tor's
 fault or Shadow's fault somehow, but the same Shadow version and minimal
 Tor configuration works fine on tor-v0.2.5.2-alpha.

 Do we care to look into the bootstrapping issues? If so, does this need a
 new ticket? I have log files that I could use some help debugging.

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