#20884: Tor Browser requires D-Bus' /etc/machine-id on Arch Linux
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Reporter: robotanarchy | Owner: tbb-team
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Medium | Milestone:
Component: Applications/Tor Browser | Version:
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
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Comment (by yawning):
Oh hey, I ran into this a while ago.
It depends on what causes firefox to assert on D-Bus not being available.
Disabling everything that uses D-Bus all together is likely out of the
question because it breaks things that users actually need like I-Bus.
For what it's worth, the file just needs to be present and "well formed"
to get past the assert, as long as you don't actually care about D-Bus.
My sandbox monstrosity uses `000102030405060708090a0b0c0d0e0f` under the
thought that a unique ID that's common to all sandbox users is fine, since
it's blatantly obvious that the sandbox is present.
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