[minion-cvs] Resolve a usability issue

[nickm@seul.org (Nick Mathewson)]

Update of /home/minion/cvsroot/doc/spec
In directory moria.mit.edu:/tmp/cvs-serv28176

Modified Files:
	path-spec.txt 
Log Message:
Resolve a usability issue

Index: path-spec.txt
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RCS file: /home/minion/cvsroot/doc/spec/path-spec.txt,v
retrieving revision 1.8
retrieving revision 1.9
diff -u -d -r1.8 -r1.9
--- path-spec.txt	11 Nov 2003 21:41:26 -0000	1.8
+++ path-spec.txt	12 Nov 2003 05:58:13 -0000	1.9
@@ -334,6 +334,16 @@
       0. Remove any RandomHops components that are zero hops
          long (i.e. "*0").
 
+         If PATH has only a single component, and that component is
+         a GaussianHops component "~N", and the path(s) to be
+         generated are for forward messages (not replies or SURBs), 
+         replace the contents of PATH with two components: "?" and
+         "~M", where M = N-1.
+           
+              (This way, a user can say ~5 for a forward path, and
+              be sure of having at least one hop in each leg as
+              required.)
+
       1. If the last component of PATH is a ByNickname component, then
          verify that the corresponding server: