[tor-bugs] #9444 [Tor bundles/installation]: Create deterministic TorBrowserBundles with Pluggable Transports

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#9444: Create deterministic TorBrowserBundles with Pluggable Transports
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     Reporter:  bastik                    |      Owner:  erinn
         Type:  task                      |     Status:  needs_review
     Priority:  normal                    |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |    Version:
   Resolution:                            |   Keywords:  flashproxy
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Comment (by dcf):

 Replying to [comment:30 dcf]:
 > So one option is to continue building tor with `-mwindows`, add
 CREATE_NO_WINDOW to the flags when tor starts transports, and continue
 building transports as console applications.

 I tested this idea, and it works.

  * https://people.torproject.org/~dcf/pt-bundle/3.0-beta-1-pt20131204/

 I created #10297 to propose setting the CREATE_NO_WINDOW flag in tor.

 I wasn't sure of the best way to record the build setup in Gitian. I
 applied attachment:0001-Set-CREATE_NO_WINDOW-in-
 tor_spawn_background.patch:ticket:10297 to gitian-builder/inputs/tor in a
 new branch called pttbb3, and then did this in tor-browser-
 bundle/gitian/versions:
 {{{
 --- a/gitian/versions
 +++ b/gitian/versions
 @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
  TORBROWSER_VERSION=3.0-beta-1
  BUNDLE_LOCALES="de es-ES fa fr it ko nl pl pt-PT ru vi zh-CN"

 -VERIFY_TAGS=1
 +VERIFY_TAGS=0

  TORBROWSER_TAG=tor-browser-17.0.10esr-3.0beta1-build2
 -TOR_TAG=tor-0.2.4.17-rc
 +TOR_TAG=pttbb3
  TORLAUNCHER_TAG=0.2.3.1-beta
  TORBUTTON_TAG=1.6.4
  HTTPSE_TAG=3.4.2
 }}}

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