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Re: curl_version_info() thread-safety

From: Daniel Stenberg via curl-library <curl-library_at_lists.haxx.se>
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2022 23:07:42 +0200 (CEST)

On Sat, 24 Sep 2022, Patrick Monnerat via curl-library wrote:

> I just noticed curl_version_info() is not thread-safe when compiled with
> multi-ssl backends because the HTTPS-proxy feature bit is computed at
> run-time and may change between calls.
>
> This is the case until the effective SSL backend is selected
> (curl_global_sslset() or curl_global_init()).

Except of course that curl_global_sslset is documented to:

  "This function can only be used to select an SSL backend once, and it must be
   called before curl_global_init."

... and if that is followed, how can it change?

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Received on 2022-09-24