[tor-bugs] #21499 [- Select a component]: client_dns_incr_failures while passing not hostname but only IP

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#21499: client_dns_incr_failures  while passing not hostname but only IP
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     Reporter:  acceleraTor           |      Owner:
         Type:  defect                |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium                |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.3.0.x-final
    Component:  - Select a component  |    Version:  Tor: 0.3.0.3-alpha
     Severity:  Normal                |   Keywords:  tor-client
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 I frequently find in logs that while only passing IP to socksport instead
 of hostname, tor still tell me resolving failed while it shouldn´t have to
 resolve anything.
 Feb 18 15:09:21.000 [info] {APP} client_dns_incr_failures(): Address
 [2001:41b8:202:deb:213:21ff:fe20:1426] now has 1 resolve failures.
 Feb 18 15:09:22.000 [info] {APP} client_dns_incr_failures(): Address
 [2001:41b8:202:deb:213:21ff:fe20:1426] now has 2 resolve failures.
 Feb 18 15:09:30.000 [info] {APP} client_dns_incr_failures(): Address
 [2001:41b8:202:deb:213:21ff:fe20:1426] now has 3 resolve failures.
 Feb 18 15:09:40.000 [info] {APP} client_dns_incr_failures(): Address
 [2001:41b8:202:deb:213:21ff:fe20:1426] now has 1 resolve failures.
 Feb 18 15:09:40.000 [info] {APP} client_dns_incr_failures(): Address
 [2001:41b8:202:deb:213:21ff:fe20:1426] now has 2 resolve failures.
 Feb 18 15:09:45.000 [info] {APP} client_dns_incr_failures(): Address
 [2001:41b8:202:deb:213:21ff:fe20:1426] now has 3 resolve failures.
 Feb 18 15:09:47.000 [info] {APP} client_dns_incr_failures(): Address
 [2001:41b8:202:deb:213:21ff:fe20:1426] now has 1 resolve failures.

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