curl/RELEASE-NOTES

Curl and libcurl 7.15.4

 Public curl release number:               94
 Releases counted from the very beginning: 121
 Available command line options:           112
 Available curl_easy_setopt() options:     132
 Number of public functions in libcurl:    49
 Amount of public web site mirrors:        29
 Number of known libcurl bindings:         32
 Number of contributors:                   492

This release includes the following changes:

 o curl_multi_socket() API added (still mostly untested)
 o conversion callback options for EBCDIC <=> ASCII conversions
 o added CURLINFO_FTP_ENTRY_PATH
 o less blocking for the multi interface during SSL connect negotiation 

This release includes the following bugfixes:

 o closed control connection with FTP when easy handle was removed from multi
 o curl --trace crash when built with VS2005
 o SSL connect time-out
 o Improved NTLM functionality
 o following redirects with more than one question mark in source URL
 o fixed debug build crash with -d
 o TFTP works on more systems
 o generates a fine AIX Toolbox RPM spec
 o treat FTP AUTH failures properly
 o TFTP transfers could trash data
 o -d + -G combo crash

Other curl-related news since the previous public release:

 o tclcurl 0.15.3 was released:
   http://personal1.iddeo.es/andresgarci/tclcurl/english/

This release would not have looked like this without help, code, reports and
advice from friends like these:

 Dan Fandrich, Ilja van Sprundel, David McCreedy, Tor Arntsen, Xavier Bouchoux,
 David Byron, Michele Bini, Ates Goral, Katie Wang, Robson Braga Araujo

        Thanks! (and sorry if I forgot to mention someone)
start working towards 7.15.4 2006-03-20 09:03:09 +00:00			`Curl and libcurl 7.15.4`
working draft of the upcoming 7.10.8 release notes 2003-09-22 21:38:52 +00:00
start working towards 7.15.4 2006-03-20 09:03:09 +00:00			`Public curl release number: 94`
			`Releases counted from the very beginning: 121`
Peter Su added support for SOCKS4 proxies. Enable this by setting the proxy type to the already provided type CURLPROXY_SOCKS4. I added a --socks4 option that works like the current --socks5 option but instead use the socks4 protocol. 2006-02-21 07:46:41 +00:00			`Available command line options: 112`
mention recent additions 2006-04-10 21:57:45 +00:00			`Available curl_easy_setopt() options: 132`
			`Number of public functions in libcurl: 49`
			`Amount of public web site mirrors: 29`
recent changes 2005-09-16 21:03:26 +00:00			`Number of known libcurl bindings: 32`
mention today's fixes 2006-03-20 22:25:14 +00:00			`Number of contributors: 492`
David Hull made the file: URL parser also accept the somewhat sloppy file syntax: file:/path. I added test case 203 to verify this. 2003-10-29 09:53:21 +00:00
working draft of the upcoming 7.10.8 release notes 2003-09-22 21:38:52 +00:00			`This release includes the following changes:`
Adrian Schuur added trailer support in the chunked encoding stream. The trailer is then sent to the normal header callback/stream. 2005-07-12 18:15:34 +00:00
mention recent additions 2006-04-10 21:57:45 +00:00			`o curl_multi_socket() API added (still mostly untested)`
			`o conversion callback options for EBCDIC <=> ASCII conversions`
David McCreedy added CURLINFO_FTP_ENTRY_PATH to export the FTP entry path 2006-03-21 22:30:03 +00:00			`o added CURLINFO_FTP_ENTRY_PATH`
Xavier Bouchoux made the SSL connection non-blocking for the multi interface (when using OpenSSL). 2006-03-21 21:54:44 +00:00			`o less blocking for the multi interface during SSL connect negotiation`
working draft of the upcoming 7.10.8 release notes 2003-09-22 21:38:52 +00:00
			`This release includes the following bugfixes:`

Robson Braga Araujo provided a patch that makes libcurl less eager to close the control connection when using FTP, for example when you remove an easy handle from a multi stack. 2006-04-18 23:14:30 +00:00			`o closed control connection with FTP when easy handle was removed from multi`
#1468330 (http://curl.haxx.se/bug/view.cgi?id=1468330) pointed out a bad typecast in the curl tool leading to a crash with (64bit?) VS2005 (at least) since the struct timeval field tv_sec is an int while time_t is 64bit. 2006-04-11 10:49:51 +00:00			`o curl --trace crash when built with VS2005`
mention recent additions 2006-04-10 21:57:45 +00:00			`o SSL connect time-out`
Michele Bini modified the NTLM code to work for his "weird IIS case" (http://curl.haxx.se/mail/lib-2006-02/0154.html) by adding the NTLM hash function in addition to the LM one and making some other adjustments in the order the different parts of the data block are sent in the Type-2 reply. Inspiration for this work was taken from the Firefox NTLM implementation. I edited the existing 21(!) NTLM test cases to run fine with these news. Due to the fact that we now properly include the host name in the Type-2 message the test cases now only compare parts of that chunk. 2006-04-05 12:35:48 +00:00			`o Improved NTLM functionality`
#1451929 (http://curl.haxx.se/bug/view.cgi?id=1451929) detailed a bug that occurred when asking libcurl to follow HTTP redirects and the original URL had more than one question mark (?). Added test case 276 to verify. 2006-03-28 08:03:25 +00:00			`o following redirects with more than one question mark in source URL`
David Byron found a problem multiple -d options when libcurl was built with --enable-debug, as then curl used free() on memory allocated both with normal malloc() and with libcurl-provided functions, when the latter MUST be freed with curl_free() in debug builds. 2006-03-27 21:59:40 +00:00			`o fixed debug build crash with -d`
Tor Arntsen figured out that TFTP was broken on a lot of systems since we called bind() with a too big argument in the 3rd parameter and at least Tru64, AIX and IRIX seem to be very picky about it. 2006-03-26 08:52:43 +00:00			`o TFTP works on more systems`
Tor Arntsen fixed the AIX Toolbox RPM spec 2006-03-21 13:34:41 +00:00			`o generates a fine AIX Toolbox RPM spec`
David McCreedy fixed libcurl to no longer ignore AUTH failures and now it reacts properly according to the CURLOPT_FTP_SSL setting. 2006-03-20 22:51:08 +00:00			`o treat FTP AUTH failures properly`
mention today's fixes 2006-03-20 22:25:14 +00:00			`o TFTP transfers could trash data`
			`o -d + -G combo crash`
working draft of the upcoming 7.10.8 release notes 2003-09-22 21:38:52 +00:00
			`Other curl-related news since the previous public release:`

Robson Braga Araujo provided a patch that makes libcurl less eager to close the control connection when using FTP, for example when you remove an easy handle from a multi stack. 2006-04-18 23:14:30 +00:00			`o tclcurl 0.15.3 was released:`
			`http://personal1.iddeo.es/andresgarci/tclcurl/english/`
working draft of the upcoming 7.10.8 release notes 2003-09-22 21:38:52 +00:00
			`This release would not have looked like this without help, code, reports and`
			`advice from friends like these:`

David Byron found a problem multiple -d options when libcurl was built with --enable-debug, as then curl used free() on memory allocated both with normal malloc() and with libcurl-provided functions, when the latter MUST be freed with curl_free() in debug builds. 2006-03-27 21:59:40 +00:00			`Dan Fandrich, Ilja van Sprundel, David McCreedy, Tor Arntsen, Xavier Bouchoux,`
Robson Braga Araujo provided a patch that makes libcurl less eager to close the control connection when using FTP, for example when you remove an easy handle from a multi stack. 2006-04-18 23:14:30 +00:00			`David Byron, Michele Bini, Ates Goral, Katie Wang, Robson Braga Araujo`
check for and use getprotobyname 2006-03-02 11:37:05 +00:00
working draft of the upcoming 7.10.8 release notes 2003-09-22 21:38:52 +00:00			`Thanks! (and sorry if I forgot to mention someone)`