Merge branch 'maint-0.2.9' into maint-0.3.1

changes/bug21074_downgrade

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-  o Minor bugfixes:
+  o Minor bugfixes (portability):
     - Don't exit the Tor process if setrlimit() fails to change the file
       limit (which can happen sometimes on some versions of OSX). Fixes
       bug 21074; bugfix on 0.0.9pre5.