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Re: [tor-bugs] #2325 [Tor Relay]: Document torrc format
#2325: Document torrc format
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Reporter: rransom | Owner:
Type: task | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Tor: unspecified
Component: Tor Relay | Version:
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Comment(by atagar):
>> Arm definitely parses them.
>
> If so, I might call that a bug in arm. Or at least, a feature that's
going to repeatedly bite it and its users.
Heh, oh ye of little faith ;)
Arm fetches the torrc file and parses it to give warnings about
configuration issues including:
- When single value config options are defined multiple times, overwriting
the previous values. There was an or-talk thread (subject "gratuitous
change blocks upgrade to 0.2.2.15-alpha :-(") where users were amazed that
this was happening with ExcludeNodes. Arm, however, had already notified
its users with that issue about the problem for over a year.
- Giving a notice if the torrc differs from tor's actual state (for
instance, the user edited the torrc and forgot to sighup).
- Notice if the torrc can be simplified because options match their
default values.
Parsing also provides syntax highlighting and comment stripping which are
nice for large torrc. Cheers! -Damian
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