[tor-bugs] #21542 [Applications/Tor Launcher]: use Subprocess.jsm to launch tor

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#21542: use Subprocess.jsm to launch tor
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 Reporter:  mcs                        |          Owner:  brade
     Type:  defect                     |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                     |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Launcher  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                     |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-usability, ff52-esr    |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:  #10059                     |         Points:
 Reviewer:                             |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by arma):

 Replying to [comment:5 mcs]:
 > Firefox's Subprocess.jsm allows access to both stdout and stderr, so I
 don't think the network team needs to make any changes. I just assumed the
 log was being sent to stderr. Is anything sent to stderr?

 Nothing is sent to stderr. It's all stdout by default, unless there is
 some other log line defined, in which case it is whatever that log line
 is.

 > Obviously the advantage of this approach (capture tor's stdout) over the
 one described in ticket:10059#comment:17 is that in most cases
 '''something''' will be logged to stdout even if tor never gets to the
 point of opening a control port listener.

 Makes sense!

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