Pier Angelo Vendrame pushed to branch main at The Tor Project / Applications / tor-browser-build

Commits:

• dc6d32b9
  by Pier Angelo Vendrame at 2026-03-05T18:17:47+01:00

  Bug 40892: Move tor app data.
  
  We stored app data such as torrc-defaults and the geoip files in the
  directory where we are storing also the user data, which might be
  confusing.
  
  In addition to that, with this change, we make Linux and Windows
  coherent with macOS, where we were already storing this data in the app
  bundle for signing/notarization purposes.
  
  And in general, it is clearer if we move user data to live outside the
  program directory, as the updater will stop touching that directory.
  

1 changed file:

• projects/browser/build

Changes:

   DOCSPATH=[% c('var/ProjectName') %]/Docs

   EXTSPATH=distribution/extensions

   TORBINPATH=TorBrowser/Tor

-  TORCONFIGPATH=TorBrowser/Data/Tor

+  TORCONFIGPATH=$TORBINPATH

   [% IF c("var/tor-browser") -%]

     PROFILEPATH=[% c('var/ProjectName') %]/Data/Browser/profile.default/extensions

 [% IF c("var/linux") && c("var/tor-browser") %]

   chmod 700 "${TB_STAGE_DIR}/Browser/[% c('var/ProjectName') %]/Data/Browser"

+  # Pre-create the data directory to make sure it gets restrictive permissions.

+  mkdir -p "${TB_STAGE_DIR}/Browser/TorBrowser/Data/Tor"

   chmod 700 "${TB_STAGE_DIR}/Browser/TorBrowser/Data/Tor"

 [% END %]