Changes in 7.4.2 - November 15 2000

Changes:

• an initial attempt to make a test suite is included
• binary/custom package information is added
• possibility to verify the peer's certificate for HTTPS connections (libcurl)

Bugfixes:

• configure now attempts to find openssl libs better
• the Host: port number could be wrong on HTTPS requests
• -T and -o can be used on the same command line (bugfix)
• file:// bugfix (free() twice)
• ftp --head now sets type first, as some servers report different sizes for different types
• ftp upload resume could hang if the whole file was already uploaded
• another cookie parser fix
• added possibility to replace the internal 'enter password' function (libcurl)
• encoded username/password in URL is now supported
• username in http-URL bugfix
• fixed the timers when location: headers were followed
• timeouts are now working as supposed (under unix)!
• the interactive password input on win32 no longer echoes the password
• config file parser bugfix
• multiple -d options are now concatenated
• the memory debug system compiles on more systems
• passwords specified with -u can now properly contain @!
• The Host: header no longer sets port number for default ports (HTTP) (as suggested)
• -Y/-y bug fix (bug report)
• more informative error message when https has not been built-in

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