[tor-bugs] #10817 [Tor]: Write instructions for using valgrind with the debian tor

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#10817: Write instructions for using valgrind with the debian tor
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 Reporter:  arma       |          Owner:
     Type:  task       |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal     |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.5.x-final
Component:  Tor        |        Version:
 Keywords:  tor-relay  |  Actual Points:
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 In #9754 we have a user experiencing weird heap corruption, or memory
 corruption, or who knows. It happened for a while and then it stopped
 happening.

 If we'd had easier ways for normal Debian / Ubuntu users to run valgrind
 on their Tor, we might have gotten a more useful hint.

 Also, we probably would have wanted it to be the Tor run the normal way,
 not a separate Tor run a different way.

 Are there easy ways to do this? What's the right way to explain to a
 normal user how to do it?

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