[tor-bugs] #12413 [Orbot]: Orbot doesn't use separate torrcs, and overrides & overwrites user-set torrcs

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#12413: Orbot doesn't use separate torrcs, and overrides & overwrites user-set
torrcs
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     Reporter:  isis     |      Owner:  n8fr8
         Type:           |     Status:  new
  enhancement            |  Milestone:
     Priority:  normal   |    Version:
    Component:  Orbot    |   Keywords:  orbot-14.0.3.1, orbot-14.0.4, wtf,
   Resolution:           |  software-engineering
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Comment (by mikeperry):

 Just so we have a record of this in the right place: you can specify one
 torrc with the --defaults-torrc argument to tor, and a second torrc with
 -f. So you would launch Tor with something like:

 {{{
 tor --defaults-torrc torrc.defaults -f torrc.uservalues
 }}}

 Then, your UI would append the values that the user enters into just
 /data/data/org.torproject.android/app_bin/torrc.uservalues, and those
 values would automatically override anything you specified in
 torrc.defaults without any additional logic in Orbot.

 Otherwise, with the way you are doing it now in a single torrc, tor will
 complain when the user tries to specify options that you have already
 specified, and for some options, tor will refuse to start.

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