[tor-bugs] #9645 [Tor]: Tor client goes berserk downloading microdescriptors forever, if you rm -rf its datadir

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#9645: Tor client goes berserk downloading microdescriptors forever, if you rm -rf
its datadir
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     Reporter:  arma    |      Owner:
         Type:  defect  |     Status:  needs_review
     Priority:  normal  |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.4.x-final
    Component:  Tor     |    Version:
   Resolution:          |   Keywords:  tor-client 024-backport
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Comment (by arma):

 I just tested it in 0.2.5, and it looks like it works ok. Backport sounds
 fine.

 (I'm not worried about consistency in behavior -- you're not supposed to
 delete your datadir while Tor is running, and the resulting behavior is
 undefined (but we'd like it to not kill all your pets).

 I think people are more likely to run across this behavior in practice
 when their disk goes full. And I think we behave ok in that case now.

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