[tor-bugs] #6892 [Core Tor/Tor]: improve torify manpage to say different connections may be over the same circuit.

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#6892: improve torify manpage to say different connections may be over the same
circuit.
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 Reporter:  weasel                    |          Owner:  dgoulet
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  needs_review
 Priority:  Medium                    |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.3.1.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor              |        Version:  Tor: 0.2.3.21-rc
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tor-client documentation  |  Actual Points:  0
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 Reviewer:                            |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 Drive-by cypherpunks with some small improvements.

 {{{
 diff --git a/doc/torify.1.txt b/doc/torify.1.txt
 index 614e3f63f..f0f665437 100644
 --- a/doc/torify.1.txt
 +++ b/doc/torify.1.txt
 @@ -17,12 +17,10 @@ SYNOPSIS

  DESCRIPTION
  -----------
 -**torify** is a simple wrapper that
 -calls torsocks with a tor-specific
 +**torify** is a simple wrapper that calls torsocks with a tor-specific
  configuration file.

 -It is provided for backward compatibility; probably instead you should
 -just use torsocks.
 +It is provided for backward compatibility; instead you should use
 torsocks.

  WARNING
  -------
 @@ -30,8 +28,8 @@ When used with torsocks, torify should not leak DNS
 requests or UDP data.

  torify can leak ICMP data.

 -torify will not ensure that different requests are processed on
 -different circuits.
 +torify will not ensure that different requests are processed on different
 +circuits.

  SEE ALSO
  --------
 @@ -39,4 +37,4 @@ SEE ALSO

  AUTHORS
  -------
 -Peter Palfrader and Jacob Appelbaum wrote this manual.
 +Written by Peter Palfrader and Jacob Appelbaum.
 }}}

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