launch_tor_with_config should set __ReloadTorrcOnSIGHUP=0
launch_tor_with_config should set __ReloadTorrcOnSIGHUP to 0 on Tor's command line, so that Tor won't look for the config file that Stem deleted and crash if someone accidentally sends it a SIGHUP.
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