[tor-bugs] #2501 [arm]: Useless warning on arm startup

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#2501: Useless warning on arm startup
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        Reporter:  torland  |        Owner:  atagar  
            Type:  defect   |       Status:  reopened
        Priority:  minor    |    Milestone:          
       Component:  arm      |      Version:          
      Resolution:           |     Keywords:          
          Parent:           |       Points:          
Actualpointsdone:           |   Pointsdone:          
    Actualpoints:           |  
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Changes (by talion):

  * status:  closed => reopened
  * resolution:  user disappeared =>


Comment:

 Same problem here on 5.0.8 64bit, tor and arm installed from repositories.
 Apart from the warning, writing a new configuration from arm with 'w'
 results in an empty torrc file.


 $ arm --version
 arm version 1.4.0.2 (released November 30, 2010)

 /etc/tor/torrc:
 SocksPort 9050
 SocksListenAddress 127.0.0.1
 SocksListenAddress 81.88.24.216:9100
 SocksPolicy accept 81.88.24.216
 Log notice file /var/log/tor/notices.log
 RunAsDaemon 1
 DataDirectory /var/lib/tor
 ControlPort 9051
 HashedControlPassword 16:xxxxxxx
 ORPort 9001
 Nickname xxxxxxx
 Address xxxxxx
 RelayBandwidthRate 5000 KBytes
 RelayBandwidthBurst 10000 KBytes
 ContactInfo xxxxxx
 DirPort 9030 # what port to advertise for directory connections
 DirPortFrontPage /etc/tor/exit-notice.html
 BridgeRelay 1
 ExitPolicy reject *:*


 $ tor -version
 Feb 14 20:30:07.628 [notice] Tor v0.2.1.29 (r98a499a5377f18b1). This is
 experimental software. Do not rely on it for strong anonymity. (Running on
 Linux x86_64)

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