Dear Peter: Although it has not been settled down on torrc.d will be implemented in Debian tor package, if it is the way as Jigsaw52's pull request[0], then there will be a potential problem:
1. According to Jigsaw52's pull request, %include /etc/torrc.d will be added to /usr/share/tor/tor-service-defaults-torrc 2. torrc files generated by users/applications go to /etc/torrc.d Then if the user used an application to generate a torrc file with a proxy config, let's say. And after a while, the proxy setting is no longer needed/valid, there is no obvious way to find previous settings. As a normal user, he/she may examine /etc/tor/torrc, but there will be no proxy settings, which may cause a confusing and frustrating debugging process. Therefore, Patrick proposed the following solution[1]: > At the very top (?) of /etc/tor/torrc as per Debian's default should > explain the .d folder set up by Debian > (/usr/share/tor/tor-service-defaults-torrc). > > /etc/tor/torrc as per Debian's default should discourage users > modification of /etc/tor/torrc? > > And advice users to use /etc/torrc.d (or whatever folder(s) Debian will > set up) since that won't throw dpkg interactive conflict resolution dialogs > when /etc/tor/torrc gets modified by Debian? Do you think it will be a good solution? I am looking forward to a further discussion since it is a really important feature for Debian and its derivatives. Thank you very much! Best, iry [0]: https://github.com/Jigsaw52/debian-tor/tree/add-torrc.d [1]: http://phabricator.kkkkkkkkkk63ava6.onion/T699
