[tor-bugs] #3472 [Tor Bridge]: Implementing the pluggable-transport spec (managed proxies)

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#3472: Implementing the pluggable-transport spec (managed proxies)
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 Reporter:  asn         |          Owner:  asn               
     Type:  task        |         Status:  assigned          
 Priority:  normal      |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.3.x-final
Component:  Tor Bridge  |        Version:                    
 Keywords:              |         Parent:  #3591             
   Points:              |   Actualpoints:                    
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Comment(by asn):

 Alright, I have something in my `bug3472_act2` branch.

 I don't consider it mergeable in its vanilla form, because it's leaking
 fds when subprocesses exit. We need a function that "closes" process
 handles to fix this.

 What I still want to improve:
 - I want Windows and Unix to manage the environment of the launched
   proxy in the same way.  Right now, Unix creates an envp that is used
   by execve(), while Windows sets the environment variables in the tor
   process, launches the process and unsets the managed proxy
   environment afterwards.
   "Fixing" the Windows behavior is not hard (setting lpEnvironment in
   CreateProcess()), but I didn't have enough time to tinker with it.

 - I want to make that function that closes/frees process_handle_t (we
   are currently leaking fds when the subprocess exits.)

 - I want to unify the two configure_proxy() and log_from_handle() platform
 implementations.

 - I am not sure if I like exposing the process_handle_t internals in
 util.h.
   I'm not sure if I like placing launch_managed_proxy() in util.c either.
   I think I might end up some helper functions, like
   tor_get_process_stdout() etc.

 - I might want to make use of process_handle_t.status (even though
   managed_proxy_t.status is good enough too).

 - I need to make a changes file.

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