Hi all,

updated to current, Thu Mar 3 05:41:26 UTC 2016 64bit, and can not get tor 0.2.7.6 running. Recompiled it but it even doesn't write a line in the logfiles on startup...
strace /usr/bin/tor stops at:
open("/usr/lib64/libgcc_s.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\300)\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=89480, ...}) = 0


Anyone got the same problem or is it just me ?

try rebuilding after Thu Mar 3 20:05:41 UTC 2016 update

Had that problem for a few months, but once the slackbuild script was updated on 9 January 2016, I've been able to build and use TOR with current.

Upgradede to current Thu Mar 3 20:05:41 UTC 2016 and rebuild. Still nothing.
I ran another strace and noticed that it can't find "/etc/malloc.conf" but it still continues to hang at:

open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=237445, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 237445, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7fa8c4304000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib64/libgcc_s.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\300)\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=89480, ...}) = 0

For those interested in the complete strace output, i posted it to pastebin: http://pastebin.com/4jMW32Qc

Is TOR still a viable application?

Why not?

While the TOR Project strongly recommends the use of the "TOR Browser," one can still launch TOR, using Vidalia, and then run individual applications after they have been properly configured.

The people at PC-BSD have incorporated TOR into their version of FreeBSD in such a way that once TOR has been launched, all traffic is routed through TOR without having to set up each applicable application.

So, yes, regardless of the recent legal decision, it is still viable.

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Not only is it a viable application... It is what the Tor network is made of...
Without Tor (the one I can't build at the moment) there is no network the Tor browser can connect to.
So... I'd say it is not only viable.. It is a Very Important Program :-)

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Compiled again against today's current but, again, no luck....
But ... Wait... In the trace its said something about malloc ?!

readlink("/etc/malloc.conf", 0x7ffeb296f930, 63) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

and in the Slackbuild there is a config option:
--enable-openbsd-malloc

What if ... ??

Taadaa ! Removing this config option from the Slackbuild, builds a working Onion Router !!

Problem solved !