[tor-bugs] #18224 [Tor]: Tor control spec doesn't properly specify reply format

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#18224: Tor control spec doesn't properly specify reply format
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     Reporter:  cypherpunks  |      Owner:
         Type:  defect       |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium       |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor          |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal       |   Keywords:
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 The control spec does not sufficiently specify how to generically parse
 multi line replies from the controller. The intent seems to be that multi
 line response data is terminated by a '.' line.

 However, this is not specified in the control spec section 2.3 and the
 reply description there is insufficient to properly recognize multi-line
 reply packets leading to bugs like:
 https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16990

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