[tor-bugs] #20300 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Unable to launch stable Tor browser on OS X (could not connect to control port)

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#20300: Unable to launch stable Tor browser on OS X (could not connect to control
port)
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 Reporter:  grobin                    |          Owner:
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  High                      |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Major                     |     Resolution:  worksforme
 Keywords:  tbb-usability             |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                            |         Points:
 Reviewer:                            |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by gk):

 * status:  reopened => closed
 * resolution:   => worksforme


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:16 mcs]:
 > Is any info available from the #tor user?

 Unfortunately, not. Given that

 1) Users affected by this did really not download and use an alpha.
 2) TorL Launcher is not able to update itself

 users must have got a "wrong" update. Now, how could that have happened in
 detail? First, they have been on the stable series. An update to the alpha
 series would have been a full update. But then they were on the alpha
 channel and the question would be how were they getting the stable tor
 (again)? Which is causing the problem in combination with unix domain
 socket support. I guess they could have got a full update back to the
 stable channel with a stable tor but Tor Launcher would not have been
 updated as it would have been a downgrade which gets prevented? Otherwise
 it is hard to see why they are stuck with the alpha Tor Launcher it seems.

 It that makes any sense then we would have given wrong updates out twice
 at least. :/

 Anyway, I guess this is now even harder to debug given that with the
 advent of tor-0.2.9.x in the stable series the issue in this ticket is
 gone.

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