[tor-bugs] #5230 [Ooni]: Use the 'owning controller' feature in ooni-probe/bridget

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#5230: Use the 'owning controller' feature in ooni-probe/bridget
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 Reporter:  karsten      |          Owner:  hellais
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new    
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:         
Component:  Ooni         |        Version:         
 Keywords:               |         Parent:         
   Points:               |   Actualpoints:         
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Comment(by rransom):

 Replying to [comment:5 hellais]:
 > Ok, is it safe to think of this as a future enhancement, but not work on
 implementing it right now?

 Only if you're certain that your bridge tester will '''never''' crash.

 If you leave old Tor processes running, they will continue to occupy their
 SOCKS and control ports.  If you leave old Tor processes running and
 delete their data directories, they will probably break far more
 spectacularly.  Don't leave old Tor processes running.

 The ‘owning controller’ feature is the easiest way to not leave old Tor
 processes running.  If you don't want to set one command-line option and
 send two control-port commands, you'll have to find some other way to
 identify still-running Tor processes and end them before your datadir-
 reaper process makes them go truly crazy.

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