[tor-bugs] #4048 [Tor bundles/installation]: If Tor leaves behind its port.conf file, Vidalia and Tor race at next startup

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#4048: If Tor leaves behind its port.conf file, Vidalia and Tor race at next
startup
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 Reporter:  arma                      |          Owner:  erinn
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  new  
 Priority:  normal                    |      Milestone:       
Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |        Version:       
 Keywords:                            |         Parent:       
   Points:                            |   Actualpoints:       
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Comment(by arma):

 Replying to [comment:2 erinn]:
 > Then again, doesn't this behavior also exist in situations where you
 have not actually killed TBB but merely stopped and restarted tor? In that
 case, TBB startup scripts are the wrong place and Vidalia or Tor will be
 smarter. I think.

 If you use TBB's Vidalia to click 'stop tor' and 'start tor', then Tor
 will pick a new set of auto ports, and the Firefox that's already running
 will now be pointing to the wrong ports. I think that's a separate bug,
 and the fix for it is for Vidalia to memorize the ports it told Firefox
 and tell them to Tor if it ever finds itself starting Tor again. Did I
 file a bug for this one and forget about it, or should I do that?

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