Re: [tor-talk] Does Tor automatically update?

[Anthony Papillion <anthony@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On 12/31/2013 09:10 AM, krishna e bera wrote:
> On 13-12-31 09:50 AM, Anthony Papillion wrote:
>> I'm running a Tor relay on my Linux box and did a tor --version a
>> few minutes ago, thinking it might be time for me to upgrade the
>> software. I was quite surprised to see that it reported being
>> updated today at 8:30 or so!
>> 
>> Does the Tor relay software (not Tor Browser Bundle, mind you) 
>> automatically update?
> 
> Not sure what "tor" you are running; tor --version on debian
> reports this when i do it:

I'm running the standalone relay software.

> Tor version 0.2.4.15-rc (git-e7b435872cce464f).
> 
> It is possible to set linux to automatically update from
> repositories. There is development on automating updates for TBB
> but not for relays as far as i know.

When I typed tor --help I saw that I was running an older version of
Tor. So I went and dug around the website and found the repo to add to
my distro. Now I'm up to date and will stay up to date. I think I was
reading that output wrong originally.

Thanks!

Anthony
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