[tor-commits] [torspec] branch main updated: param: Changes from nickm's suggestion

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     new 0c25d7a  param: Changes from nickm's suggestion
0c25d7a is described below

commit 0c25d7a89fdcc8e3b70ed4d7957e6e350f932ca9
Author: David Goulet <dgoulet at torproject.org>
AuthorDate: Wed Mar 16 08:22:16 2022 -0400

    param: Changes from nickm's suggestion
    
    Signed-off-by: David Goulet <dgoulet at torproject.org>
---
 param-spec.txt | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/param-spec.txt b/param-spec.txt
index 4edc499..67c809d 100644
--- a/param-spec.txt
+++ b/param-spec.txt
@@ -239,9 +239,10 @@ Table of Contents
     Min: 1. Max: 120000. Default: 1000 (1sec)
     First appeared: 0.4.7.5-alpha.
 
-    "exit_dns_num_attempts" -- Number of resolving attempts an Exit sets
-    libevent which controls how many times libevent will retry until declaring
-    it an error (timeout). The corresponding libevent option is "attempts:".
+    "exit_dns_num_attempts" -- How many attempts _after the first_ should an
+    Exit should try a timing-out DNS query before calling it hopeless? (Each of
+    these attempts will wait for "exit_dns_timeout" independently). The
+    corresponding libevent option is "attempts:".
     Min: 0. Max: 255. Default: 2
     First appeared: 0.4.7.5-alpha.
 

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