Some tor configuration options are sensitive to the order
It's possible that the options provided by the user need to be applied in some concrete order, as commented in https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/28738#comment:7.
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It's possible that the options provided by the user need to be applied in some concrete order, as commented in https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/28738#comment:7.