[tor-bugs] #9957 [Tor]: Tor should consider stderr output of transport proxies

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#9957: Tor should consider stderr output of transport proxies
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     Reporter:  wfn     |      Owner:
         Type:  defect  |     Status:  needs_revision
     Priority:  minor   |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.6.x-final
    Component:  Tor     |    Version:
   Resolution:          |   Keywords:  tor-pt
Actual Points:          |  Parent ID:
       Points:          |
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Comment (by asn):

 Replying to [comment:19 wfn]:
 > Replying to [comment:17 asn]:
 > > {{{
 > >     log_notice(LD_GENERAL, "Managed proxy '%s' is giving some output
 over "
 > >                "the standard error stream (stderr). This usually means
 that "
 > >                "it has encountered some error that I won't be able to
 "
 > >                "understand. You should enable INFO-level tor log to
 see what "
 > >                "it is saying - when INFO-level log is enabled, look
 for "
 > >                "lines with 'report_proxy_stderr' (without quotes).",
 > >                mp->argv[0]);
 > > }}}
 > >
 > > Hm, does this mean that the info-level logs will have the string
 `report_proxy_stderr` in them? Is this the case in the current code?
 >
 > Yes - e.g. look above at the log excerpt I pasted in.
 > So e.g.
 > {{{
 > Apr 19 06:46:51.000 [info] report_proxy_stderr(): Managed proxy
 '/usr/local/bin/obfsproxy' says (over stderr): "Traceback (most recent
 call last):"
 > }}}
 >
 > Surely this is not platform-specific?
 >

 Ah, because of `should_log_function_name()`, I guess.

 Changelog message looks good to me.

 BTW, you don't need to declare the static function in `transports.h`. Just
 declare it on the top of `transports.c` along with
 `handle_finished_proxy()` etc.

 Finally:
 {{{
     /* Should we expect any output from stderr to contribute to the proxy
      * config process? (We assume not.) */
     log_info(LD_GENERAL, "Managed proxy '%s' says (over stderr): %s",
              mp->argv[0], escaped(line));
     /* (If we want to just output this stream in one go, we may use
      * get_string_from_pipe() - but this works, too.) */
 }}}
 Nitpick, but I'm not sure if the last comment is any useful.

 Marking this as needs_revision for the function declaration and changes
 file.

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