[tor-bugs] #15274 [Tor]: Tor does not output any error messages from init script's log_action_end_msg()

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#15274: Tor does not output any error messages from init script's
log_action_end_msg()
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 Reporter:  naif    |          Owner:
     Type:  defect  |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal  |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor     |        Version:
 Keywords:          |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:          |         Points:
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 It has been detected by an adopter of GlobaLeaks that either GlobaLeaks
 either Tor does not output any error messages from init script's
 log_action_end_msg() .

 This problem has been detected on Ubuntu Precise:
 root at globaLeaksXXX:/etc/init.d# uname -a
 Linux globaLeaksXXX 2.6.32-20-pve #1 SMP Wed May 15 08:23:27 CEST 2013
 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
 root at globaLeaksXXX:/etc/init.d# cat /etc/debian_version
 wheezy/sid

 To test-reproduce the bug look:
 root at globaLeaksXXX:/etc/init.d# bash  /etc/init.d/tor start
  * Starting tor daemon...
 [ OK ]
 root at globaLeaksXXX:/etc/init.d# pkill -9 tor
 root at globaLeaksXXX:/etc/init.d# bash  /etc/init.d/tor stop
  * Stopping tor daemon...
 root at globaLeaksXXX:/etc/init.d# bash -x /etc/init.d/tor stop 2>&1 | grep
 log_action_end_msg
 + log_action_end_msg 1 '/usr/bin/tor died: process 1653 not running; or
 permission denied'

 As we can see, Tor is not providing the output it should:
 root at globaLeaksXXX:/etc/init.d# tor --version
 Tor version 0.2.5.10 (git-43a5f3d91e726291).

 I don't know if it's a Tor bug or LSB but or Ubuntu Precise but all the
 software where updated to the latests version available on standard
 repositories of Tor:
 deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org precise main

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