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Rejected announces from libtorrent clients proxying through SOCKS


Using a SOCKS proxy in a libtorrent-based client disables the listening port, the consequences for some being rejected announces by some trackers. Patching this library with code from a pending PR, we mitigate the problem and restore announces to picky trackers.

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