[tor-bugs] #13111 [Tor]: Tor fails to start if onion keys are zero length

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#13111: Tor fails to start if onion keys are zero length
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     Reporter:  ioerror  |      Owner:  teor
         Type:  defect   |     Status:  needs_revision
     Priority:  normal   |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.6.x-final
    Component:  Tor      |    Version:
   Resolution:           |   Keywords:  tor-relay lorax
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Comment (by nickm):

 Replying to [comment:14 teor]:
 > Any particular reason it needs to be a python script rather than a shell
 script?
 > (Apart from the fact that some people really don't like arbitrary shell
 scripts.)

 Not really.  Windows testing with shell isn't convenient, but that's about
 it.  shell would be okay.

 To avoid the `sleep; kill` how about starting Tor in the background, and
 using $! to get its pid?

 Notes:
   * you should put $DATA_DIR in quotes wherever you use it.

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