[tor-bugs] #12509 [Tor]: Setting an option clears addressmappings, automapped addresses

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#12509: Setting an option clears addressmappings, automapped addresses
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     Reporter:  epoch    |      Owner:
         Type:  defect   |     Status:  needs_review
     Priority:  normal   |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.5.x-final
    Component:  Tor      |    Version:  Tor: 0.2.5.5-alpha
   Resolution:           |   Keywords:  Automapping, dnsport,
Actual Points:           |  cookieauthenticataion, 025-backport
       Points:           |  026-triaged-1
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Comment (by arma):

 I could go either way on a backport here. It looks like a piece of
 functionality was hugely broken, but only for a tiny number of power
 users.

 So I guess the question is: are those power users for some reason unable
 to use Tor 0.2.6, or unable to know that they should?

 My slight inclination is to mark this one as a major bugfix in 0.2.6, say
 more clearly in the changelog entry what thing would go wrong that now
 doesn't go wrong, and then no backport.

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