[tor-bugs] #22310 [Core Tor/Tor]: Tor 0.3.x clients won't use Guard-flagged relays as Guards if they don't have V2Dir, throwing off consensus position weights

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#22310: Tor 0.3.x clients won't use Guard-flagged relays as Guards if they don't
have V2Dir, throwing off consensus position weights
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 Reporter:  arma                                 |          Owner:  arma
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
                                                 |  assigned
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  unspecified
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.3.0.1-alpha
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  032-unreached, 031-backport-maybe,   |  Actual Points:
  032-backport-maybe, 033-triage-20180320,       |
  033-removed-20180320                           |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:  0.1
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by arma):

 * owner:  (none) => arma
 * status:  new => assigned


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:3 arma]:
 > Here's the simple patch:

 Ok, my {{{bug22310}}} branch implements this one-liner.

 > I expect that updating the specs and documentation and so on will be a
 bit more involved.

 I have pushed a {{{bug22310}}} branch to my torspec too, which adds this
 constraint to the definition of the Guard flag.

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