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Re: [BUG] 8.6.0 Libpsl requirement is not portable

From: Frank Gevaerts via curl-library <curl-library_at_lists.haxx.se>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 19:08:08 +0100

On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 12:47:42PM -0500, Randall via curl-library wrote:
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> Thanks. That seems to have made a positive difference. Would it not make
> sense to automatically switch this off if the library is not available?

That's what happened before, with the result that several distributions
had it disabled more or less by accident. Given what libpsl does, that's
not great and can lead to security issues down the line.

Frank

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