[tor-bugs] #19191 [Core Tor/Tor]: {BUG} directory_send_command: Bug: Squid does not like URLs longer than 4095 bytes, and this one is 20515 bytes long

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#19191: {BUG} directory_send_command: Bug: Squid does not like URLs longer than
4095 bytes, and this one is 20515 bytes long
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 Reporter:  fk                            |          Owner:  nickm
     Type:  defect                        |         Status:  accepted
 Priority:  Medium                        |      Milestone:  Tor:
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                  |  0.2.8.x-final
 Severity:  Normal                        |        Version:  Tor:
 Keywords:  regression TorCoreTeam201606  |  0.2.8.3-alpha
Parent ID:                                |     Resolution:
 Reviewer:                                |  Actual Points:  .2
                                          |         Points:  .2
                                          |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by nickm):

 * keywords:  regression => regression TorCoreTeam201606
 * owner:   => nickm
 * points:   => .2
 * status:  new => accepted
 * actualpoints:   => .2


Comment:

 Likely fix in branch bug19191_028 . Better fixes are conceivable.

 The changes in fetch logic over 0.2.8 are tricky enough I wasn't able to
 tell quite when we introduced the bug for the changes file; please let me
 know what version if you can tell.

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