commit 17c62eafac55613889f7cfdda8a0f6681dcda7ff Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> Date: Thu Jan 31 11:14:30 2013 -0500 Clarify when router descriptors are still downloaded --- control-spec.txt | 6 ++++-- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/control-spec.txt b/control-spec.txt index e691391..80e1194 100644 --- a/control-spec.txt +++ b/control-spec.txt @@ -702,10 +702,12 @@ information for which this Tor is not authoritative, Tor replies with an empty string. - Note that, as of Tor 0.2.3.3-alpha, Tor doesn't download server + Note that, as of Tor 0.2.3.3-alpha, Tor clients don't download server descriptors anymore, but microdescriptors. So, a "551 Servers unavailable" reply to all "GETINFO dir/server/*" requests is actually - correct. + correct. If you have an old program which absolutely requires server + descriptors to work, try setting UseMicrodescriptors 0 or + FetchUselessDescriptors 1 in your client's torrc. "status/circuit-established" "status/enough-dir-info"