From efca9ce41c96bb0044f504ced36a2734b1689ee2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Mathewson Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2021 08:53:36 -0400 Subject: Clarify new intended strategy with TROVE-2021-001 We're going to disable this feature in all versions for now. --- src/feature/dirparse/unparseable.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'src') diff --git a/src/feature/dirparse/unparseable.c b/src/feature/dirparse/unparseable.c index a547335452..1d623fe701 100644 --- a/src/feature/dirparse/unparseable.c +++ b/src/feature/dirparse/unparseable.c @@ -493,8 +493,11 @@ dump_desc,(const char *desc, const char *type)) tor_assert(desc); tor_assert(type); #ifndef TOR_UNIT_TESTS - /* On older versions of Tor we are disabling this function, since it - * can be called with strings that are far too long. */ + /* For now, we are disabling this function, since it can be called with + * strings that are far too long. We can turn it back on if we fix it + * someday, but we'd need to give it a length argument. A likelier + * resolution here is simply to remove this module entirely. See tor#40286 + * for background. */ if (1) return; #endif -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf