From 8f353cbacb4437c22e39f93d4cf440943107c956 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Werner Koch Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 11:08:45 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Explain how Tor is detected. -- --- doc/dirmngr.texi | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/dirmngr.texi b/doc/dirmngr.texi index 0dd34901a..60c99067f 100644 --- a/doc/dirmngr.texi +++ b/doc/dirmngr.texi @@ -253,7 +253,10 @@ network). Certain other features are disabled in this mode. The effect of @option{--use-tor} cannot be overridden by any other command or even by reloading dirmngr. The use of @option{--no-use-tor} disables the use of Tor. The default is to use Tor if it is available -on startup or after reloading dirmngr. +on startup or after reloading dirmngr. The test on the available of +Tor is done by trying to connects to a SOCKS proxy at either port 9050 +or 9150); if another type of proxy is listening on one of these ports, +you should use @option{--no-use-tor}. @item --standard-resolver @opindex standard-resolver