extended the multi-thread explanation

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Updated: April 11, 2005 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.html)
Updated: April 13, 2005 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.html)
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programs. libcurl will use thread-safe functions instead of non-safe ones if
your system has such.
We would appreciate some kind of report or README file from those who have
used libcurl in a threaded environment.
If you use a OpenSSL-powered libcurl in a multi-threaded environment, you
need to provide one or two locking functions:
http://www.openssl.org/docs/crypto/threads.html#DESCRIPTION
If you use a GnuTLS-powered libcurl in a multi-threaded environment, you
need to provide locking function(s) for libgcrypt (which is used by GnuTLS
for the crypto functions).
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5.2 How can I receive all data into a large memory chunk?