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Curl and libcurl 7.12.1
Public curl release number: 82
Releases counted from the very beginning: 109
Available command line options: 96
Available curl_easy_setopt() options: 120
Number of public functions in libcurl: 36
This release includes the following changes:
o socks proxy support even when libcurl is built ipv6-enabled
o read callbacks can stop the transfer by returning CURL_READFUNC_ABORT
o libcurl-tutorial.3 is the new man page formerly known as libcurl-the-guide
o additional SSL trace data might be sent to the debug callback using two new
types: CURLINFO_SSL_DATA_IN and CURLINFO_SSL_DATA_OUT
o multipart formposts can upload files larger than system memory
o the curl tool continues with the next URL even if one transfer fails
o FTP 3rd party transfer support - seven new setopt() options
This release includes the following bugfixes:
o curl_share_cleanup() crash fixed
o --trace files now get the final info lines too
o multi interface connects fine to multi-IP resolving hosts
o --limit-rate works on Mac OS X (and other systems with bad poll()s)
o cookies can now hold 4999 bytes of content
o HTTP POST/PUT with NTLM/Digest/Negotiate to a URL returning 3XX
o HTTPS POST/PUT over a proxy requiring NTLM/Digest/Negotiate works now
o less restrictive libidn requirements, 0.4.1 or later is fine
o fixed HTTP POST or PUT with Digest/Negotiate/NTLM selected but the server
didn't require any authentication
o win32 file:// transfer free memory bug
o configure --disable-http builds a libcurl without HTTP support
o CURLOPT_FILETIME had wrong type in curl.h, it expects a long argument
o builds fine with Borland on Windows again
o the msvc curllib.dsp now builds the libcurl.lib file again
o builds fine on VMS again
o builds fine on NetWare again
o HTTP Digest authentication with proxies uses correct user name + password
o now builds fine with lcc-win32
Other curl-related news since the previous public release:
o James Hu took over after Kevin Roth as maintainer of the curl package on
cygwin. Many saludos to Kevin for a work well done during many years.
o Gambas binding for libcurl: http://gambas.sf.net/
o pycurl 7.12.0 was released http://pycurl.sf.net/
o wxWidgets binding: http://homepage.mac.com/codonnell/wxcurldav/
o New Austrian curl web mirror: http://curl.gds.tuwien.ac.at/
This release would not have looked like this without help, code, reports and
advice from friends like these:
Gisle Vanem, Vincent Bronner, Alexander Krasnostavsky, Chris Gaukroger,
G<>nter Knauf, Marty Kuhrt, Kjetil Jacobsen, Steven Bazyl, Seshubabu Pasam,
Luca Alteas, Jean-Louis Lemaire, David Byron, David Cohen, Rob Stanzel,
Niels van Tongeren, Andr<64>s Garc<72>a
Thanks! (and sorry if I forgot to mention someone)