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Curl and libcurl 7.15.1
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Curl and libcurl 7.15.4
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Public curl release number: 91
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Releases counted from the very beginning: 118
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Available command line options: 109
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Available curl_easy_setopt() options: 125
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Number of public functions in libcurl: 46
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Amount of public web site mirrors: 27
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Public curl release number: 94
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Releases counted from the very beginning: 121
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Available command line options: 112
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Available curl_easy_setopt() options: 132
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Number of public functions in libcurl: 49
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Amount of public web site mirrors: 33
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Number of known libcurl bindings: 32
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Number of contributors: 459
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Number of contributors: 492
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This release includes the following changes:
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o the libcurl.pc pkgconfig file now gets installed on make install
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o URL globbing now offers "range steps": [1-100:10]
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o LDAPv3 is now the preferred LDAP protocol version
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o --max-redirs and CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS set to 0 limits redirects
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o improved MSVC makefile
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o NTLM2 session response support
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o CURLOPT_COOKIELIST set to "SESS" clears all session cookies
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o CURLINFO_LASTSOCKET returned sockets are now checked more before returned
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o curl-config got a --checkfor option to compare version numbers
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o line end conversions for FTP ASCII transfers
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o curl_multi_socket() API added (still mostly untested)
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o conversion callback options for EBCDIC <=> ASCII conversions
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o added CURLINFO_FTP_ENTRY_PATH
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o less blocking for the multi interface during (Open)SSL connect negotiation
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This release includes the following bugfixes:
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o buffer overflow problem: http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20051207.html
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o using file:// on non-existing files are properly handled
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o builds fine on DJGPP
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o CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER is now always filled in on errors
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o curl outputs error on bad --limit-rate units
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o fixed libcurl's use of poll() on cygwin
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o the GnuTLS code didn't support client certificates
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o TFTP over IPv6 works
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o no reverse lookups on IP addresses when ipv6-enabled
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o SSPI compatibility fix: using the proper DLLs
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o binary LDAP properties are now shown base64 encoded
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o Windows uploads from stdin using curl can now contain ctrl-Z bytes
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o -r [num] would produce an invalid HTTP Range: header
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o multi interface with multi IP hosts could leak socket descriptors
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o the GnuTLS code didn't handle rehandshakes
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o re-use of a dead FTP connection
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o name resolve error codes fixed for Windows builds
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o double WWW-Authenticate Digest headers are now handled
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o curl-config --vernum fixed
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Other curl-related news since the previous public release:
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o FTP-SSL is now RFC4217
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o CurlPas 2005-11-05 was released: http://curlpas.sf.net/
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o pycurl 7.15.0 was released http://pycurl.sf.net
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http://curl.triplemind.com/ located in Mannheim, Germany
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http://curl.nedmirror.nl located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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http://curl.hoxt.com located in Florida, US
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o builds fine on cygwin
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o md5-sess with Digest authentication
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o dict with letters such as space in a word
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o dict with url-encoded words in the URL
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o libcurl.m4 when default=yes but no libcurl was found
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o numerous bugs fixed in the TFTP code
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o possible memory leak when adding easy handles to multi stack
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o TFTP works in a more portable fashion (== on more platforms)
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o WSAGetLastError() is now used (better) on Windows
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o GnuTLS non-block case that could cause data trashing
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o deflate code survives lack of zlib header
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o CURLOPT_INTERFACE works with hostname
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o configure runs fine with ICC
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o closed control connection with FTP when easy handle was removed from multi
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o curl --trace crash when built with VS2005
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o SSL connect time-out
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o improved NTLM functionality
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o following redirects with more than one question mark in source URL
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o fixed debug build crash with -d
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o generates a fine AIX Toolbox RPM spec
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o treat FTP AUTH failures properly
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o TFTP transfers could trash data
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Other curl-related news:
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o tclcurl 0.15.3 was released:
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http://personal1.iddeo.es/andresgarci/tclcurl/english/
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o http://curl.webdesign-zdg.de/ in Frankfurt, Germany
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o http://curl.de-mirror.de/ in Aachen, Germany
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o http://curl.osmirror.nl/ in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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o http://curl.usphp.com/ in Florida, US
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o http://curl.oslevel.de/ in Karlsruhe, Germany
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This release would not have looked like this without help, code, reports and
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advice from friends like these:
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Dave Dribin, Bradford Bruce, Temprimus, Ofer, Dima Barsky, Amol Pattekar, Jaz
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Fresh, tommink[at]post.pl, Gisle Vanem, Nis Jorgensen, Vilmos Nebehaj, Dmitry
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Bartsevich, David Lang, Eugene Kotlyarov, Jan Kunder, Yang Tse, Quagmire,
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Albert Chin, David Shaw, Doug Kaufman, Bryan Henderson, Jamie Newton, Stefan
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Dan Fandrich, Ilja van Sprundel, David McCreedy, Tor Arntsen, Xavier Bouchoux,
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David Byron, Michele Bini, Ates Goral, Katie Wang, Robson Braga Araujo,
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Ale Vesely, Paul Querna, Gisle Vanem, Mark Eichin, Roland Blom, Andreas
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Ntaflos, David Shaw, Michael Wallner, Olaf St�ben, Mikael Sennerholm,
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Thanks! (and sorry if I forgot to mention someone)
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