Changes in 7.11.0 - January 22 2004

Changes:

• allows the URL to be set by a callback when using the multi interface
• large file support was added. Use one of the new options: INFILESIZE_LARGE, RESUME_FROM_LARGE and MAXFILESIZE_LARGE
• the new --ftp-pasv overrides a previous --ftpport
• CURLOPT_FTPSSL and ftps:// now do ssl over FTP "The Right Way" (the curl tool now features the --ftp-ssl option)
• The Windows DLLs are built with an added "resource file"
• New LIBCURL_VERSION_* defines for easier checking version number
• Included Mac OS X 'framework' makefile in the release archive
• Removed the TRUE and FALSE #defines from the public curl header file
• Added CURLOPT_NETRC_FILE

Bugfixes:

• improved config file parsing for options with required parameters
• using --trace with a bad filename could crash
• release archive contains compressed help text
• the win32 password prompting supports backspace
• builds natively on AmigaOS (without unix emulation)
• ftps:// now uses port 990 by default
• the "configure --with-spnego" action was improved
• fixed a rare follow-redirect problem
• curl-config --feature now outputs AsynchDNS if enabled
• occasional re-use of freed-memory problem fixed
• curl-config --libs now include the ares link directory
• configure --enable-ares now accepts a given path
• -lz no longer appear twice on the link line
• more descriptive error message if the FTP response reader fails
• curl-config --feature now shows 'AsynchDNS' when built with ares
• VMS build up-to-date and clarified source code
• resolve bug caused socks5 to fail
• Content-Length: is ignored when getting chunked Transfer-Encoding
• POST over proxy to https server failed
• improved how libcurl deals with persistent connections over FTP when a transfer fails
• accessing a proxy that requires Basic auth without password caused a hang
• a free free-twice problem in the server certificate code
• minor memory leak when using ranges on persistent connections
• formpost parts sending files with .html extensions now use "Content-Type: text/html"
• formpost parts now default to "Content-Type: application/octet-stream"
• --progress-bar was slightly improved
• Failing to connect to localhost, using the multi interface on Solaris showed a connect problem now fixed.
• The generated ca-bundle.h file is now generated in the build dir, not the source dir
• The FTP-EPSV response parser for the 229 code was fixed
• curl finds the user's home dir slightly different and hopefully better on Windows
• testcurl.sh can now be used to autotest daily tarballs
• a couple of command line options now check that the underlying library actually supports the features before trying to enable them
• uninitialized variable fix
• better html versions of the manpages

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