[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:  new
     Priority:  normal  |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.4.x-final
    Component:  Tor     |    Version:
   Resolution:          |   Keywords:  tor-client
Actual Points:          |  Parent ID:
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Comment (by nickm):

 One option would be just to hold them in RAM when writing to disk fails,
 and not save them to disk at all.

 Another (simpler) option would be to exit Tor in this case.

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