[tor-bugs] #27508 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Starting Tor Browser 8 is broken on some older Linux systems

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#27508: Starting Tor Browser 8 is broken on some older Linux systems
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 Reporter:  gk                                   |          Owner:  tbb-
                                                 |  team
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:  new
 Priority:  High                                 |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-8.0-issues, tbb-regression,      |  Actual Points:
  TorBrowserTeam201811                           |
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 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by itsokbuddy):

 I had this same issue with tor-browser-linux64-8.0.4_en-US.tar.xz on
 Ubuntu 14.04 Linux 3.13.0-157-generic. The workaround worked for me. I
 commented lines 41 and 43 out (if and fi) to get tor browser to run.

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