[tbb-bugs] #20497 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Add --enable-tor-browser-data-in-home-dir configure option and code

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#20497: Add --enable-tor-browser-data-in-home-dir configure option and code
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     Reporter:  attila                    |      Owner:  tbb-team
         Type:  enhancement               |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium                    |  Milestone:
    Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal                    |   Keywords:  TBB
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 The attached patch adds a new configure option called `--enable-tor-
 browser-data-in-home-dir` and code to honor it.

 This is effectively a special case of `--enable-tor-browser-data-outside-
 app-dir`.  I developed this patch for the port of TBB to
 [http://www.openbsd.org OpenBSD] because we need to solve the problem of
 where the `TorBrowser-Data` directory goes.  Under Linux it lives in the
 bundle.  On Win/Mac there are canonical places for it to go.  Under
 OpenBSD (and the other BSDs, at least), the logical place is the user's
 home directory, so I added this option and use it in
 [https://github.com/torbsd/openbsd-ports/blob/master/www/tbb/tor-
 browser/Makefile my port's Makefile].

 After discussion on `#tor-dev` I'm proposing this as a new feature to make
 it easier for other BSD/non-MacWinLin porting efforts.

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