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Reject torrc if RunAsDaemon is given with relative paths.

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The chdir() call in RunAsDaemon makes the behavior here surprising,
and either way of trying to resolve the surprise seems sure to
startle a significant fraction of users.  Instead, let's refuse to
guess, and refuse these configurations.

Closes ticket 22731.
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o Minor features (relay, configuration):
- Reject attempts to use relative file paths when RunAsDaemon is set.
Previously, Tor would accept these, but the directory-changing step
of RunAsDaemon would give strange and/or confusing results.
Closes ticket 22731.