or a world-readable empty file, and see if your problem goes away.
If it does, here are some common issues to check:
What are the permissions on /etc.resolv.conf ?
Can the tor user read the file?
Is the file a symlink?
(macOS does this, not sure if some Linux distros do as well)
Are there any hidden characters in the file?
Does it use Unix newlines?
Tor uses libevent's evdns_base_resolv_conf_parse() to parse the file.
How old is your version of libevent?
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