[tor-bugs] #6993 [- Select a component]: Confusing messages output by having VirtualAddrNetwork range which includes TransListenAddress/DNSListenAddress within it

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#6993: Confusing messages output by having VirtualAddrNetwork range which includes
TransListenAddress/DNSListenAddress within it
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 Reporter:  d-b                   |          Owner:     
     Type:  defect                |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                |      Milestone:     
Component:  - Select a component  |        Version:     
 Keywords:                        |         Parent:     
   Points:                        |   Actualpoints:     
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 When configuring tor as a transparent proxy I mistakenly used a
 VirtualAddrNetwork range of 192.168.2.0/24 (which is what I was using for
 the 'local' network which was to be proxied over tor). I also configured
 TransListenAddress and DNSListenAddress to both have an address of
 192.168.2.1 (the ip of the host which belongs to the tor proxy gateway).
 When I attempted to start Tor I was informed that I had an invalid
 configuration. The warning messages printed before the configuration
 failure line warned me about TransListenAddress and DNSListenAddress not
 being configured to listen on localhost. Tor should have warned me that my
 configuration was not likely to work due to
 TransListenAddress/DNSListenAddress address being contained within the
 VirtualAddrNetwork address range.

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