[tor-bugs] #8639 [Tor]: Controller: Stream event source field is "<unknown address type>:1" for DNS requests from the controller

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#8639: Controller: Stream event source field is "<unknown address type>:1" for DNS
requests from the controller
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 Reporter:  Desoxy               |          Owner:  andrea             
     Type:  defect               |         Status:  needs_review       
 Priority:  normal               |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.4.x-final 
Component:  Tor                  |        Version:  Tor: 0.2.4.11-alpha
 Keywords:  tor-spec tor-client  |         Parent:                     
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Comment(by andrea):

 Replying to [comment:18 nickm]:
 > Replying to [comment:17 nickm]:
 > > If you like, we can open up another ticket with the name "remove
 connection_t.address" in 0.2.5.x; that would save a few bytes per
 connection or so.
 >
 > It turns out we already have that ticket as #5528.

 Turns out ticket #5528 refers to routerinfo_t->address, not connection_t.
 Doing this for connection_t would be a bit more effort, I think; for
 routerinfo_t it's problematic for reasons I will describe on #5528.

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