[tor-bugs] #3113 [Tor Client]: Why does starting with -usemicrodescriptors 1 clear out my cached-descriptors?

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#3113: Why does starting with -usemicrodescriptors 1 clear out my cached-
descriptors?
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 Reporter:  nickm       |          Owner:                    
     Type:  defect      |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  major       |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.3.x-final
Component:  Tor Client  |        Version:                    
 Keywords:              |         Parent:  #1748             
   Points:              |   Actualpoints:                    
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 So I wanted some A vs B numbers for amount of info downloaded by
 I ran without usemicrodescriptors to get a cached-descriptors file, and
 then I ran with UseMicrodescriptors 1.  This seems to have cleared out by
 cached-descriptors and cached-descriptors.new files, which is probably not
 what we want at all.

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