[tor-bugs] #4642 [Vidalia]: Upgrade non-exit relay from old Vidalia to Vidalia 0.2.15 and get marked an exit relay

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#4642: Upgrade non-exit relay from old Vidalia to Vidalia 0.2.15 and get marked an
exit relay
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 Reporter:  arma     |          Owner:  chiiph         
     Type:  defect   |         Status:  new            
 Priority:  normal   |      Milestone:                 
Component:  Vidalia  |        Version:  Vidalia: 0.2.15
 Keywords:           |         Parent:                 
   Points:           |   Actualpoints:                 
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 Start with Vidalia 0.2.14. Click "I want to be a relay" from the 3
 choices, then go to the exit policies tab and unclick all the boxes. Save,
 run it as a non-exit relay for a while, etc.

 Upgrade to the Vidalia bundle with 0.2.15 in it. It will happily realize
 that your previous "I want to be a relay" choice means that you wanted to
 be an exit relay, so it will choose "I want to be an exit relay" from the
 4 choices.

 This startled at least one user as they upgraded, who then reported it to
 me. The user was on OS X 10.6.8 using the Vidala bundle fwiw.

 I *think* the actual choices in the exit policy tab remain the same, so
 this is just a scary interface problem and not actually a dangerous bug.

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