Curl and libcurl 7.11.1. A bugfix release. Public curl release number: 79 Releases counted from the very beginning: 106 Available command line options: 94 Available curl_easy_setopt() options: 112 This release includes the following changes: o CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE_LARGE added to offer POSTs larger than 2GB o CURL_VERSION_LARGEFILE is a feature bit returned by libcurls that feature large file support o libcurl only requires winsock 1.1 on windows now o when doing FTP, curl now sends QUIT before disconnecting o name resolves can now timeout on windows too o $HOME is now recognized better when looking for .netrc files o now re-uses the ares handle when re-using curl handles o SO_BINDTODEVICE is used for network interface binding o configure --disable-manual disables the built-in huge manual from the command line tool o the default Accept: header used in HTTP requests changed o asynch dns lookups now require the c-ares library o curl --socks can be used to set a SOCKS5 proxy to use o response-headers received after a (proxy) CONNECT request are now passed to the header callback just like other headers This release includes the following bugfixes: o received signals during SSL connect is handled better o improved PUT/POST with NTLM/Digest authentication o following redirects and doing NTLM/Digest (where the first connection gets closed) with the multi interface work better now o file: progress meter and getinfo variables work now o CURLOPT_FRESH_CONNECT and CURLAUTH_NTLM now work when set together o share interface usage without (un)lock functions segfaulted o --limit-rate no longer cripples the --speed-limit feature o fixed verbose output problem with ipv6-enabled re-used connections o fixed the socks5 code to check version in the socks response properly o dns cache bug - fixed the 'inuse' counter o large file fix for Content-Length o better docs for the share interface o several configure fixes for mingw/msys o setting a Host: header is no longer affecting the Host: header used when libcurl follows a Location: o fixed numerous compiler warnings on several operating systems and compilers o PUTing from stdin couldn't disable chunked transfer-encoding o corrected the mingw makefiles o improved the configure libz detection o fixed EPRT/PORT use when doing FTP on ipv6-enabled AIX hosts o *nroff commands that only support -mandoc and not -man are now supported (for the built-in manual text in the command line tool) o fixed the unconditional #include of config.h in hugehelp.c o builds fine on MPE/iX o upload using chunked transfer-encoding now sends the last chunk properly teriminated with an extra CRLF o Fixed the progress meter display for files >2GB o persistant connections over a proxy messed up the proxy name/password o the socks5 code segfaulted if no username/password was set o the *_LARGE options now take curl_off_t types as parameters and this will make it possible to handle large files on windows too o builds with large file support even on systems without strtoll() Other curl-related news since the previous public release: o Many platforms are being used to autobuild and autotest curl on a daily basis. Please join in and test curl on your systems: http://curl.haxx.se/auto/ o the curl mailing lists moved, (re-)subscribe to the new ones from here: http://curl.haxx.se/mail/ o c-ares 1.1.0 was relased: http://daniel.haxx.se/projects/c-ares/ o TclCurl 0.11.0 was released: http://personal1.iddeo.es/andresgarci/tclcurl/english/ o PycURL 7.11.0 was released: http://pycurl.sourceforge.net/ o the libcurl D binding was released: http://www.atari-soldiers.com/libcurl.html o new Estonian web site mirror: http://curl.dope-brothers.com/ This release would not have looked like this without help, code, reports and advice from friends like these: Gisle Vanem, Vincent Bronner, Richard Bramante, Dirk Manske, Dan Fandrich, Ken Hirsch, Stadler Stephan, Domenico Andreoli, Patrick Smith, Tor Arntsen, Andrés García, Tim Baker, Len Krause, Gilad, Ken Rastatter, P R Schaffner, Greg Hewgill, Ben Greear, Jeff Lawson, Grigory Entin, Doug Porter, David Byron, Andy Serpa, Joe Halpin, Christopher R. Palmer Thanks! (and sorry if I forgot to mention someone)