Commit b4d8108b authored by Daniel Stenberg's avatar Daniel Stenberg
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--head on file://, some cleanups

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Curl and libcurl 7.10.8 is out! A bugfix release.
Curl and libcurl 7.10.8. A bugfix release.

The 77th public curl release. Release number 104 counted from the very
beginning.

This release includes the following changes:

 o --head now works on file:// URLs too
 o file: URLs with only one initial slash now works too
 o we include a RELEASE-NOTES document in the release archive to summarize
   the big and visible changes and bugfixes
 o CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE was added, and --max-filesize.
 o CURLOPT_PASSWDFUNCTION and CURLOPT_PASSWDDATA are no longer supported.
 o RELEASE-NOTES document added to the release archive to summarize the big
   and visible changes and bugfixes
 o CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE was added, and --max-filesize
 o CURLOPT_PASSWDFUNCTION and CURLOPT_PASSWDDATA are no longer supported
 o IPv6 is now supported on Windows builds too
 o CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE lets you select pure IPv6 or IPv4 resolved addresses
   (curl offers the command line options -4/--ipv4 and -6/--ipv6)
 o GSS-Negotiate works fine with the MIT kerberos library
 o SPNEGO support added, if libcurl is built with the FBopenssl libraries,
   curl_version_info() can return a feature bit for it and curl -V displays
   SPNEGO as a feature if libcurl is built with it enabled.
   SPNEGO as a feature if libcurl is built with it enabled
 o easy handles added to a multi handle now share DNS cache automaticly
 o CURLINFO_HTTPAUTH_AVAIL and CURLINFO_PROXYAUTH_AVAIL were added
 o CURLOPT_FTP_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT was added
 o NTLM, Digest and GSS-Negotiate authentications should work even for HTTPS
   over proxies
 o NTLM, Digest and GSS-Negotiate authentications also work for HTTPS over
   proxies
 o curl supports multiple -T flags to allow serveral uploaded files using
   a single command line
 o CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE can return the last FTP response code
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ This release includes the following bugfixes:
 o a DNS cache trash (possible segfault) was fixed
 o runtests.pl clears all proxy environment variables before the test is run
 o Microsoft's "Negotiate" authentication is now supported by the existing
   GSSNEGOTIATE option.
   GSSNEGOTIATE option
 o A set zero-length proxy name confused libcurl
 o Digest authentication works again without OpenSSL on 64bit architectures
 o configure --enable-thread works now
@@ -64,14 +65,14 @@ This release includes the following bugfixes:
 o LDAP is again working nicely with the current OpenLDAP
 o asynch name lookup for non-resolving hosts now return a proper error message
 o CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST set to 1 no longer aborts if no CN field is
   obtainable, it will merely warn about it.
   obtainable, it will merely warn about it
 o name resolve segfault with uClibc fixed
 o multi interface and multi-part/formpost could end in segfault
 o curl_multi_info_read() sets the msgs_in_queue to 0 when returning NULL
 o multi interface, ares and non-resolving host caused a segfault
 o minor single SSL memory leak fixed
 o Setting CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION or CURLOPT_READFUNCTION to NULL resets them
   to default.
   to default

Other curl-related news since the previous public release: