[tor-bugs] #31307 [Applications/GetTor]: Gettor doesn't seem to be responding to email requests

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#31307: Gettor doesn't seem to be responding to email requests
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 Reporter:  pili                 |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect               |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  Very High            |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/GetTor  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal               |     Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:                       |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                       |         Points:
 Reviewer:                       |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by phw):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => fixed


Comment:

 I believe that the problem is now fixed. It looks like the script
 `~/gettor/scripts/add_lins_to_db` was the culprit. In particular
 [https://gitweb.torproject.org/gettor.git/tree/scripts/add_lins_to_db?id=007da31780d0de514d6b36b435d2d8e900122f48#n56
 lines 56-58]. The script assumes a list of length 12 but the page over at
 https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/RecommendedTBBVersions/
 currently returns `[ "8.5.4", "8.5.4-MacOS", "8.5.4-Linux",
 "8.5.4-Windows", "9.0a4", "9.0a4-MacOS", "9.0a4-Linux", "9.0a4-Windows"
 ]`, a list that counts only 8 elements. I added an emergency fix that
 changes
 {{{
 version = versions.split(",")[-12]
 }}}
 to
 {{{
 version = versions.split(",")[0]
 }}}
 I was able to re-generate the database and restart GetTor.

 Besides, boklm mentions on IRC that RecommendedTBBVersions is not a good
 way to learn about the current Tor Browser version:
 {{{
  20:46  boklm│ RecommendedTBBVersions is not a good way to get the current
 Tor Browser version
  20:47  boklm│
 https://aus1.torproject.org/torbrowser/update_3/release/downloads.json is
 better
  20:48  boklm│ for example with: wget -q -O -
 https://aus1.torproject.org/torbrowser/update_3/release/downloads.json |
 jq -r .version
 }}}

 I'll file a separate ticket to make GetTor more robust in this regard.

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