[tor-bugs] #6780 [- Select a component]: Config fails with non-existent parent of DataDirectory

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#6780: Config fails with non-existent parent of DataDirectory
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 Reporter:  robgjansen            |          Owner:                    
     Type:  defect                |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  minor                 |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.4.x-final
Component:  - Select a component  |        Version:                    
 Keywords:                        |         Parent:                    
   Points:                        |   Actualpoints:                    
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 When passing the "DataDirectory DIR" option, Tor fails during
 configuration parsing/validation:

 {{{
 [tor-warn] check_private_dir() Error creating directory
 ./data/middledata/middle: No such file or directory
 [tor-warn] Failed to parse/validate config: Couldn't access/create private
 data directory "./data/middledata/middle"
 [tor-err] tor_init() Reading config failed--see warnings above.
 }}}

 In this case data/ existed, but middledata/ (and therefore
 middledata/middle/) did not. Does it make sense to have
 check_private_dir() create the parent directories too, like 'mkdir -p'?

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