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-rw-r--r--doc/tor.1.txt5
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/changes/bug9213_doc b/changes/bug9213_doc
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@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+ o Documentation:
+ - Correctly document that we search for a system torrc file before
+ looking in ~/.torrc. Fixes documentation side of 9213; bugfix
+ on 0.2.3.18-rc.
+
diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt
index 3f8f6da03..eb9ad6770 100644
--- a/doc/tor.1.txt
+++ b/doc/tor.1.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS
[[opt-f]] **-f** __FILE__::
Specify a new configuration file to contain further Tor configuration
- options. (Default: $HOME/.torrc, or @CONFDIR@/torrc if that file is not
+ options. (Default: @CONFDIR@/torrc, or $HOME/.torrc if that file is not
found)
[[opt-defaults-torrc]] **--defaults-torrc** __FILE__::
@@ -2103,6 +2103,9 @@ FILES
**@CONFDIR@/torrc**::
The configuration file, which contains "option value" pairs.
+**$HOME/.torrc**::
+ Fallback location for torrc, if @CONFDIR@/torrc is not found.
+
**@LOCALSTATEDIR@/lib/tor/**::
The tor process stores keys and other data here.