libcurl 7.13.1 has a pretty big bug when it comes to CURLOPT_FILETIME and
FTP -- it corrupts the file! The problem is, libcurl will add a Last-Modified
HTTP-style header to the file. In pre 7.13.1, libcurl had the following if
statement around the Last-Modified output:

if(conn->bits.no_body && data->set.include_header && ftp->file) {

In 7.13.1, it appears this condition has disappeared. Therefore, the Last-
Modified is always included in the output if CURLOPT_FILETIME is specified. I
believe the same problem exists with all of the header outputs, though I have
not actually checked.

I'd attempt to solve this problem myself, however I'm not familiar enough
with the new state machine code to give it a try. I'd really appreciate it if
a patched 7.13.1 could be made available as this has completely broken the
parts of my program that use libcurl.

Hopefully that's enough info to solve it!

Dominick Meglio
Received on 2005-03-08