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authorNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2008-02-12 20:42:40 +0000
committerNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2008-02-12 20:42:40 +0000
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r18054@catbus: nickm | 2008-02-12 15:42:36 -0500
Clarify a non-obvious point in control-spec.txt; patch from mwenge. svn:r13485
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SETCONF command arrives containing a single ORBindAddress value, the new
command's value replaces the two old values.
+ Somtimes it is not possible to change configuration options solely by
+ issuing a series of SETCONF commands, because the value of one of the
+ configuration options depends on the value of another which has not yet
+ been set. Such situations can be overcome by setting multiple configuration
+ options with a single SETCONF command (e.g. SETCONF ORPort=443
+ ORListenAddress=9001).
+
3.2. RESETCONF
Remove all settings for a given configuration option entirely, assign