commit 9b1d5e8826e93f5d45a9d1ea7b7223fcfee2e484 Author: teor teor2345@gmail.com Date: Wed May 2 10:46:00 2018 +1000
man page: FetchUselessDescriptors stops tor going idle
Also explain how FetchUselessDescriptors and UseMicrodescriptors are different.
Closes 25998. --- doc/tor.1.txt | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index dd9f9cefa..2fc5c413c 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -543,10 +543,13 @@ GENERAL OPTIONS If set to 1, Tor will fetch every consensus flavor, descriptor, and certificate that it hears about. Otherwise, it will avoid fetching useless descriptors: flavors that it is not using to build circuits, and authority - certificates it does not trust. This option is useful if you're using a + certificates it does not trust. Tor stops fetching descriptors if it + hasn't built any circuits lately: this option makes Tor keep fetching + descriptors, even when idle. This option is useful if you're using a tor client with an external parser that uses a full consensus. This option fetches all documents, **DirCache** fetches and serves - all documents. (Default: 0) + all documents, **UseMicrodescriptors 0** fetches full descriptors and uses + them to build circuits. (Default: 0)
[[HTTPProxy]] **HTTPProxy** __host__[:__port__]:: Tor will make all its directory requests through this host:port (or host:80