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RE: [PATCH] smb/cifs

From: Nagel, Bill <wnagel_at_tycoint.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 18:58:59 +0000

> -----Original Message-----
> From: curl-library [mailto:curl-library-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se] On Behalf Of
> Michael Osipov
> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 2:38 PM
> To: libcurl development
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] smb/cifs
>
> Am 2014-09-29 um 23:23 schrieb Nagel, Bill:
> > This patch implements the CIFS dialect of SMB.
>
> Since this thread got my attention. Why did you implement the stuff yourself
> instead of relying of a working, proofed library like libsmbclient? [1] It does all
> the hard work already.
>
> Michael

A few reasons:
1. libsmbclient is GPL
2. support embedded devices
3. build natively on windows
4. libsmbclient is huge. 6MB + 38 dependencies on my system.

-Bill

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