[tor-bugs] #10059 [Tor]: capture tor log messages before control connection is opened

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#10059: capture tor log messages before control connection is opened
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 Reporter:  mcs     |          Owner:  nickm
     Type:  defect  |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal  |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor     |        Version:  Tor: unspecified
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 While working on ticket #9675, Kathy Brade and I discovered that the tor
 log warnings regarding clock skew are sometimes generated very early as
 tor starts up.  Unfortunately, there is a known problem in Tor Launcher
 where tor log messages are not captured until Tor Launcher is able to
 connect to the control port and issue a SETEVENTS command (the Mozilla
 process control APIs do not provide a way to capture stdout or stderr).

 One solution is for tor to provide a way to retrieve old log messages
 (e.g., a new getinfo command) or otherwise provide a way to capture
 messages that are generated before a control connection is opened.
 Another option for this specific scenario would be to modify tor to ensure
 that clock skew is always reported via the status/bootstrap-phase
 mechanism.

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