| Curl and libcurl 7.11.0. A minor-features-added release. |
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| The 78th public curl release. Release number 105 counted from the very |
| beginning. |
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| This release includes the following changes: |
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| o allows the URL to be set by a callback when using the multi interface |
| o large file support was added. Use one of the new options: INFILESIZE_LARGE, |
| RESUME_FROM_LARGE and MAXFILESIZE_LARGE |
| o the new --ftp-pasv overrides a previous --ftpport |
| o CURLOPT_FTPSSL and ftps:// now do ssl over FTP "The Right Way" (the curl |
| tool now features the --ftp-ssl option) |
| o The Windows DLLs are built with an added "resource file" |
| o New LIBCURL_VERSION_* defines for easier checking version number |
| o Included Mac OS X 'framework' makefile in the release archive |
| o Removed the TRUE and FALSE #defines from the public curl header file |
| o Added CURLOPT_NETRC_FILE |
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| This release includes the following bugfixes: |
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| o improved config file parsing for options with required parameters |
| o using --trace with a bad file name could crash |
| o release archive contains compressed help text |
| o the win32 password prompting supports backspace |
| o builds natively on AmigaOS (without unix emulation) |
| o ftps:// now uses port 990 by default |
| o the "configure --with-spnego" action was improved |
| o fixed a rare follow-redirect problem |
| o curl-config --feature now outputs AsynchDNS if enabled |
| o occational re-use of freed-memory problem fixed |
| o curl-config --libs now include the ares link directory |
| o configure --enable-ares now accepts a given path |
| o -lz no longer appear twice on the link line |
| o more descriptive error message if the FTP response reader fails |
| o curl-config --feature now shows 'AsynchDNS' when built with ares |
| o VMS build up-to-date and clarified source code |
| o resolve bug caused socks5 to fail |
| o Content-Length: is ignored when getting chunked Transfer-Encoding |
| o POST over proxy to https server failed |
| o improved how libcurl deals with persistant connections over FTP when a |
| transfer fails |
| o accessing a proxy that requires Basic auth without password caused a hang |
| o a free free-twice problem in the server certificate code |
| o minor memory leak when using ranges on persistant connections |
| o formpost parts sending files with .html extensions now use "Content-Type: |
| text/html" |
| o formpost parts now default to "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" |
| o --progress-bar was slightly improved |
| o Failing to connect to localhost, using the multi interface on Solaris |
| showed a connect problem now fixed. |
| o The generated ca-bundle.h file is now generated in the build dir, not the |
| source dir |
| o The FTP-EPSV response parser for the 229 code was fixed |
| o curl finds the user's home dir slightly different and hopefully better on |
| Windows |
| o testcurl.sh can now be used to autotest daily tarballs |
| o a couple of command line options now check that the underlying library |
| actually supports the features before trying to enable them |
| o uninitialized variable fix |
| o better html versions of the man pages |
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| Other curl-related news since the previous public release: |
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| o pycURL 7.10.8 was released: http://pycurl.sf.net/ |
| o TclCurl 0.10.8 was released: |
| http://personal1.iddeo.es/andresgarci/tclcurl/english/ |
| o the Ferite curl binding was released: http://www.ferite.org/ |
| o stopped the curl.sourceforge.net mirror, it now redirects to curl.haxx.se |
| o fresh new curl web mirrors: |
| US Texas - http://curl.cyberservers.net |
| US California - http://curl.mirrors.redwire.net |
| Germany - http://curl.mirror.at.stealer.net |
| Thailand - http://curl.siamu.ac.th |
| o Dan Fandrich stepped forward and helps maintaining the download web page |
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| This release would not have looked like this without help, code, reports and |
| advice from friends like these: |
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| Kevin Roth, Troels Walsted Hansen, Matt Veenstra, Marty Kuhrt, Benjamin |
| Gerard, Gisle Vanem, Ralph Mitchell, Sébastien Willemijns, Kang-Jin Lee, |
| Peter Sylvester, Siddhartha Prakash Jain, Mathias Axelsson, Maciej |
| W. Rozycki, Nicolas Croiset, Josh Kapell, Gaz Iqbal, Dave May, Markus |
| Moeller, James Clancy, Giuseppe Attardi, swalkaus at yahoo.com, Steve Green, |
| Marty Kuhrt, Dominick Meglio, Diego Casorran, David Byron, John McGowan, |
| David J Meyer, Dan Fandrich, Pierre, Brian R Duffy, Luke Call, Vincent |
| Bronner |
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| Thanks! (and sorry if I forgot to mention someone) |