[tor-bugs] #27402 [Core Tor/Tor]: stop reporting "internal paths" during bootstrap

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#27402: stop reporting "internal paths" during bootstrap
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     Reporter:  catalyst      |      Owner:  (none)
         Type:  enhancement   |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium        |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.3.5.x-final
    Component:  Core Tor/Tor  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal        |   Keywords:  s8-bootstrap, tor-spec
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      Sponsor:  Sponsor8-can  |
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 `bootstrap_status_to_string()` can report "internal paths" when the
 consensus actually contains exits, because it's conditional on
 `router_have_consensus_path()` which checks descriptors.  In the cold
 cache case, there are likely no existing descriptors, so tor will give the
 misleading impression that the consensus lacks exits (when it's actually
 more likely that it simply hasn't gotten around to downloading enough
 descriptors yet).

 Removing the code that handles these conditions also simplifies
 `bootstrap_status_to_string()`.

 This probably needs a tor-spec update.

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