[or-cvs] r13485: Clarify a non-obvious point in control-spec.txt; patch from (in tor/trunk: . doc/spec)

[nickm at seul.org]

Author: nickm
Date: 2008-02-12 15:42:40 -0500 (Tue, 12 Feb 2008)
New Revision: 13485

Modified:
   tor/trunk/
   tor/trunk/doc/spec/control-spec.txt
Log:
 r18054 at catbus:  nickm | 2008-02-12 15:42:36 -0500
 Clarify a non-obvious point in control-spec.txt; patch from mwenge.



Property changes on: tor/trunk
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 svk:merge ticket from /tor/trunk [r18054] on 8246c3cf-6607-4228-993b-4d95d33730f1

Modified: tor/trunk/doc/spec/control-spec.txt
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--- tor/trunk/doc/spec/control-spec.txt	2008-02-12 20:20:52 UTC (rev 13484)
+++ tor/trunk/doc/spec/control-spec.txt	2008-02-12 20:42:40 UTC (rev 13485)
@@ -161,6 +161,13 @@
   SETCONF command arrives containing a single ORBindAddress value, the new
   command's value replaces the two old values.
 
+  Somtimes it is not possible to change configuration options solely by
+  issuing a series of SETCONF commands, because the value of one of the
+  configuration options depends on the value of another which has not yet
+  been set. Such situations can be overcome by setting multiple configuration
+  options with a single SETCONF command (e.g. SETCONF ORPort=443
+  ORListenAddress=9001).
+
 3.2. RESETCONF
 
   Remove all settings for a given configuration option entirely, assign