James Griffiths' max-redirs fix

lib/highlevel.c

@@ -624,11 +624,17 @@ CURLcode curl_transfer(CURL *curl)
 
       if((res == CURLE_OK) && data->newurl) {
         /* Location: redirect
-
+ 
            This is assumed to happen for HTTP(S) only!
-         */
+        */
         char prot[16];
         char path[URL_MAX_LENGTH];
+	if (data->maxredirs && (data->followlocation >= data->maxredirs)) {
+	  failf(data,"Maximum (%d) redirects followed", data->maxredirs);
+          curl_disconnect(c_connect);
+          res=CURLE_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS;
+	  break;
+	}
 
         /* mark the next request as a followed location: */
         data->bits.this_is_a_follow = TRUE;