#20691: Updates are not getting properly applied when trying to update to
6.5a4(-hardened) on OS X and Linux
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Reporter: gk | Owner: tbb-team
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Immediate | Milestone:
Component: Applications/Tor Browser | Version:
Severity: Critical | Resolution:
Keywords: TorBrowserTeam201611 | Actual Points:
Parent ID: | Points:
Reviewer: | Sponsor:
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Comment (by gk):
Replying to [comment:2 mcs]:
> On OSX, I am able to successfully apply the update (the control port
Unix domain socket is in the `TorBrowser-Data` directory, which is outside
the scope of what the updater touches, so the ensure_copy problem does not
occur). But on the OSX system that I used for testing, after the update
was applied and the browser restarted, tor failed to start. This happened
because quotes are missing from the `ControlPort unix:...` argument which
was passed on the tor command line by Tor Launcher (I have spaces in my
path). But we fixed that problem in Tor Launcher! After a little more
investigation I learned that Tor Launcher was not updated in the profile
or in the `TorBrowser.app/Contents/Resources/distribution/extensions`
directory. I don't know why yet though, and we might need a new ticket for
OSX. The dmg files have the correct Tor Launcher. I have not checked the
complete mar files and I have not done enough analysis to determine if
the incremental mar files are flawed or if the updater failed to update
the xpi properly.
Interesting. I made a couple of tests taking a fresh 6.0.5 and a fresh
6.5a3. I tested updating the stable both in a desktop and an /Applications
location and it worked: the extensions and everything seemed to be fine.
Note, though, that we only have full updates right now for the stable
series.
For the alpha I tested just installing it on the desktop and applying the
MAR files manually. Both the incremental and the full MAR file applied
correctly and the extensions were updated, too.
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