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+  o Minor bugfixes:
+    - Check CircuitBuildTimeout and LearnCircuitBuildTimeout in
+      options_validate(); warn if LearnCircuitBuildTimeout is disabled
+      and CircuitBuildTimeout is set unreasonably low.