From: Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 04:10:05 +0000 (+0000)
Subject:  r13977@catbus:  nickm | 2007-07-29 00:09:52 -0400
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 r13977@catbus:  nickm | 2007-07-29 00:09:52 -0400
 Add compatibility note to control-spec.txt


svn:r10966
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diff --git a/doc/spec/control-spec.txt b/doc/spec/control-spec.txt
index d6564dce96..433fd1006f 100644
--- a/doc/spec/control-spec.txt
+++ b/doc/spec/control-spec.txt
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ $Id$
   Specific replies are mentioned below in section 3, and described more fully
   in section 4.
 
+  [Compatibility note:  versions of Tor before 0.2.0.3-alpha sometimes
+  generate AsyncReplies of the form "*(MidReplyLine / DataReplyLine)".
+  This is incorrect, but controllers that need to work with these
+  versions of Tor should be prepared to get multi-line AsyncReplies with
+  the final line (usually "650 OK") omitted.]
+
 2.4. General-use tokens
 
   ; Identifiers for servers.