From d3331b3c125697bc9f1bbd8ca1917a0702770acc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:42:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH]  r18054@catbus:  nickm | 2008-02-12 15:42:36 -0500  Clarify a
 non-obvious point in control-spec.txt; patch from mwenge.

svn:r13485
---
 doc/spec/control-spec.txt | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/spec/control-spec.txt b/doc/spec/control-spec.txt
index 20515cadf7..1fdc0ecba4 100644
--- a/doc/spec/control-spec.txt
+++ b/doc/spec/control-spec.txt
@@ -161,6 +161,13 @@ $Id$
   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