Hello,

attached is a simple patch for the curl tool, to ignore file size
of special files when uploading. With the patch applied, it's possible
to upload the content of a block device by passing the file directly to
the -T option and curl does not return CURLE_PARTIAL_FILE. The other
consequence is that curl honestly refuses to upload the content of a block
device by SCP, instead of silently creating an empty file on server.

More details are available at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/622520

Any feedback welcome!

Kamil

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