[tor-bugs] #8291 [Tor]: configuration file and folder /etc/torrc + /etc/tor.d/

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Wed Feb 20 19:08:54 UTC 2013


#8291: configuration file and folder /etc/torrc + /etc/tor.d/
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 Reporter:  proper  |          Owner:                    
     Type:  defect  |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  normal  |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.5.x-final
Component:  Tor     |        Version:                    
 Keywords:          |         Parent:                    
   Points:          |   Actualpoints:                    
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 /etc/tor/torrc becomes /etc/torrc

 new folder /etc/tor.d/

 /etc/torrc comes with reasonable defaults (just the same file as
 /etc/tor/torrc currently does).

 /etc/tor.d/ can be used by third party applications. For example a
 blogging software wouldn't need to ask the user to modify torrc or to
 somehow hack it, it could just drop a file inside /etc/tor.d/.

 Or someone could make a package tor-flashproxy, which installs
 /etc/tor.d/flashproxy which makes the machine a flashproxy.

 If you ever add new comments to torrc or new (default out commented)
 options, there is no conflict with other packages relying on torrc.

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