[tor-bugs] #24203 [Core Tor/Tor]: Snowflake can't be configured to run with system tor: ENV-ERROR no TOR_PT_STATE_LOCATION environment variable

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#24203: Snowflake can't be configured to run with system tor: ENV-ERROR no
TOR_PT_STATE_LOCATION environment variable
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 Reporter:  cypherpunks   |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect        |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium        |      Milestone:  Tor: unspecified
Component:  Core Tor/Tor  |        Version:
 Severity:  Major         |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  snowflake     |  Actual Points:
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 Reviewer:                |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 Replying to [comment:5 dcf]:
 > There might be some other problem in your setup. That ENV-ERROR comes
 from [https://gitweb.torproject.org/pluggable-
 transports/goptlib.git/tree/pt.go?h=0.7#n368 pt.MakeStateDir]. But
 snowflake-client doesn't call pt.MakeStateDir; only snowflake-server does.
 Are you use you copied the client to /usr/bin, and not the server? (Your
 comment:3 refers to /usr/bin/snowflake, but the ticket description refers
 to /usr/bin/snowflake-client.)
 Yes (I copied `snowflake-client` from a Tor Browser alpha directory and
 renamed it to `snowflake` in my case).

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