[tor-bugs] #12501 [Tor Launcher]: "Tor unexpectedly exited" if there is a wrong line in torrc

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#12501: "Tor unexpectedly exited" if there is a wrong line in torrc
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 Reporter:  Sherief       |          Owner:  brade
     Type:  defect        |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor Launcher  |        Version:
 Keywords:                |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                |         Points:
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 I decided to add a new fte bridge and by chance I had torrc open in my
 text editor then entered "bridg fte ip:port fingerprint". (I shouldn't
 have done that.)

 Then I started Tor Launcher and it kept spitting out "Tor Unexpectedly
 exited". So I did a ./start-tor-browser

 {{{
 Jun 30 22:49:58.033 [warn] Failed to parse/validate config: Unknown option
 'Bridg'.  Failing.
 Jun 30 22:49:58.033 [err] Reading config failed--see warnings above.
 }}}

 Wouldn't it be better if Tor Launcher reported back the above messages? I
 would've never knew my error if I were using Windows.

 Also, here's a part of my conversation with arma:

 {{{
 <arma4> what is the bad bridge line? i assume tor does give an
 explanation.
 <sherief> I would've never knew what's wrong without ./start-tor-browser
 <sherief> "bridg" missing an "e"
 <sherief> :)
 <sherief> bridg transportType IP:Port fingerprint
 <arma4> expands to bridgeauthoritativedir
 <arma4> can you file a ticket, that bridg should expand to bridge?
 <arma4>   V(BridgeAuthoritativeDir,      BOOL,     "0"),
 <arma4>   VAR("Bridge",                  LINELIST, Bridges,    NULL),
 <arma4> i think we just reverse the order of these two lines and it's done
 <arma4> doesn't resolve your general issue, but resolves this specific one
 }}}

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