[tor-talk] Aggregate-type settings in torrc

[Roger Dingledine]

On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 01:02:39AM -0500, Nick Mathewson wrote:
> > And last question, is there a reason that a line like
> >   ClientTransportPlugin obfs2 exec /usr/bin/obfsproxy --managed
> > causes Tor to always run an obfsproxy daemon, even if there are no obfs2
> > bridges defined in torrc?
> 
> Interesting; I'm not sure that's how it should work at all.  George,
> any ideas about this one?

I believe the answer is "because the code can't yet handle the concept
of having a bridge configured for a given pluggable transport yet not
having that transport ready for use".

See also
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/5018

It would be great to get this fixed, so we can include various pluggable
transports in the default client bundles.

--Roger