[tor-bugs] #8766 [Tor]: Tor never recovers when started with skewed clock

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#8766: Tor never recovers when started with skewed clock
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     Reporter:  proper  |      Owner:
         Type:  defect  |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal  |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.???
    Component:  Tor     |    Version:
   Resolution:          |   Keywords:  tor-client
Actual Points:          |  Parent ID:
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Comment (by arma):

 This is related to the comment in main.c, around the clock jump message:
 {{{
     /* XXX if the time jumps *back* many months, do our events in
      * run_scheduled_events() recover? I don't think they do. -RD */
 }}}

 And even if we fix those static time_t's, we have other places in the code
 where e.g. time_to_download_next_consensus[] is full of times from the
 distant future.

 This is going to be rough to fix. But it sure would be nice to fix.

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