[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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Comment (by mcs):

 Replying to [comment:17 gk]:
 > 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.

 Yes, that could have happened... but it is still difficult to explain how
 these users ever got the alpha version. Several people seem sure that they
 never downloaded an alpha, and we did not (as far as I know) ever publish
 bad/misconfigured update files on the TPO servers. But if a similar
 problem occurs again, we will investigate then.

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