curl/RELEASE-NOTES

curl and libcurl 7.87.0

 Public curl releases:         212
 Command line options:         249
 curl_easy_setopt() options:   302
 Public functions in libcurl:  91
 Contributors:                 2768

This release includes the following changes:

 o curl: add --url-query [52]
 o CURLOPT_QUICK_EXIT: don't wait for DNS thread on exit [75]
 o openssl: reduce CA certificate bundle reparsing by caching [11]
 o version: add a feature names array to curl_version_info_data [67]

This release includes the following bugfixes:

 o aws_sigv4: consult x-%s-content-sha256 for payload hash [102]
 o aws_sigv4: fix typos in aws_sigv4.c [101]
 o base64: better alloc size [124]
 o base64: encode without using snprintf [123]
 o base64: faster base64 decoding [120]
 o build: assume assert.h is always available [111]
 o build: assume errno.h is always available [110]
 o CI: Change FreeBSD image from 12.3 to 12.4 [108]
 o CI: LGTM.com will be shut down in December 2022 [112]
 o ci: Remove zuul fuzzing job as it's superseded by CIFuzz
 o cmake: check for cross-compile, not for toolchain [54]
 o CMake: fix build with `CURL_USE_GSSAPI` [78]
 o cmake: really enable warnings with clang [25]
 o cmdline-opts/gen.pl: fix the linkifier [64]
 o cmdline-opts/page-footer: remove long option nroff formatting
 o config-mac: define HAVE_SYS_IOCTL_H [107]
 o config-mac: fix typo: size_T -> size_t [125]
 o config-mac: remove HAVE_SYS_SELECT_H [116]
 o config-win32: fix SIZEOF_OFF_T for MSVC and old MinGW [41]
 o configure: require fork for NTLM-WB [36]
 o cookie: compare cookie prefixes case insensitively [14]
 o cookie: expire cookies at once when max-age is negative [45]
 o cookie: open cookie jar as a binary file [89]
 o curl-openssl.m4: do not add $prefix/include/openssl to CPPFLAGS [90]
 o curl-rustls.m4: on macOS, rustls also needs the Security framework [44]
 o curl.h: include <sys/select.h> on SerenityOS [104]
 o curl.h: name all public function parameters [118]
 o curl: override the numeric locale and set "C" by force [60]
 o curl: timeout in the read callback [15]
 o curl_endian: remove Curl_write64_le from header [81]
 o curl_get_line: allow last line without newline char [88]
 o curl_path: do not add '/' if homedir ends with one [4]
 o CURLMOPT_SOCKETFUNCTION.3: clarify CURL_POLL_REMOVE [1]
 o CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION.3: do not assume nul-termination in example [31]
 o CURLOPT_POST.3: Explain setting to 0 changes request type [61]
 o docs/EARLY-RELEASE.md: how to determine an early release [37]
 o docs/examples: spell correction ('Retrieve') [119]
 o docs/INSTALL.md: expand on static builds [62]
 o docs/WEBSOCKET.md: explain the URL use [71]
 o docs: add missing parameters for --retry flag [2]
 o docs: add more "SEE ALSO" links to CA related pages [82]
 o docs: explain the noproxy CIDR notation support [17]
 o docs: remove performance note in CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER [13]
 o examples/10-at-a-time: fix possible skipped final transfers [85]
 o examples: update descriptions [83]
 o ftp: support growing files with CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH [96]
 o gen.pl: do not generate CURLHELP bitmask lines > 79 characters [10]
 o GHA: clarify workflows permissions, set least possible privilege [79]
 o GHA: NSS use clang instead of clang-9 [103]
 o gnutls: use common gnutls init and verify code for ngtcp2 [98]
 o headers: add endif comments [51]
 o HTTP-COOKIES.md: mention that http://localhost is a secure context [76]
 o HTTP-COOKIES.md: update the 6265bis link to draft-11 [70]
 o http: do not send PROXY more than once [46]
 o http: set 'this_is_a_follow' in the Location: logic [40]
 o hyper: classify headers as CONNECT and 1XX [56]
 o hyper: fix handling of hyper_task's when reusing the same address [33]
 o INSTALL: update operating systems and CPU archs [91]
 o KNOWN_BUGS: remove eight entries [50]
 o lib: add CURL_WRITEFUNC_ERROR to signal write callback error [47]
 o lib: connection filters (cfilter) addition to curl: [43]
 o lib: feature deprecation warnings in gcc >= 4.3 [58]
 o lib: fix some type mismatches and remove unneeded typecasts [12]
 o lib: parse numbers with fixed known base 10 [77]
 o lib: remove bad set.opt_no_body assignments [42]
 o lib: rewind BEFORE request instead of AFTER previous [65]
 o lib: sync guard for Curl_getaddrinfo_ex() definition and use [6]
 o libcurl-errors.3: remove duplicate word [3]
 o libssh2: return error when ssh_hostkeyfunc returns error [121]
 o log2changes.pl: wrap long lines at 80 columns [59]
 o Makefile.mk: address minor issues [87]
 o Makefile.mk: improve a GNU Make hack [122]
 o Makefile.mk: portable Makefile.m32 [86]
 o maketgz: set the right version in lib/libcurl.plist [53]
 o mime: relax easy/mime structures binding [94]
 o misc: Fix incorrect spelling [113]
 o misc: remove duplicated include files [28]
 o misc: typo and grammar fixes [23]
 o negtelnetserver.py: have it call its close() method [68]
 o netrc.d: provide mutext info [63]
 o netware: remove leftover traces [80]
 o noproxy: also match with adjacent comma [19]
 o noproxy: tailmatch like in 7.85.0 and earlier [35]
 o nroff-scan.pl: detect double highlights
 o ntlm: improve comment for encrypt_des [55]
 o ntlm: silence ubsan warning about copying from null target_info pointer. [69]
 o openssl/mbedtls: use %d for outputing port with failf (int) [72]
 o openssl: prefix errors with '[lib]/[version]: ' [105]
 o os400: use platform socklen_t in Curl_getnameinfo_a [18]
 o proxy: refactor haproxy protocol handling as connection filter [57]
 o README.md: remove badges and xmas-tree garnish [9]
 o rtsp: fix RTSP auth [49]
 o runtests: --no-debuginfod now disables DEBUGINFOD_URLS [100]
 o runtests: do CRLF replacements per section only [97]
 o scripts/checksrc.pl: detect duplicated include files [29]
 o sendf: change Curl_read_plain to wrap Curl_recv_plain [48]
 o sendf: remove unnecessary if condition [26]
 o setup: do not require __MRC__ defined for Mac OS 9 builds [117]
 o spellcheck.words: remove 'github' as an accepted word [22]
 o strcase: use curl_str(n)equal for case insensitive matches [8]
 o system.h: support 64-bit curl_off_t for NonStop 32-bit [21]
 o test1421: fix typo [109]
 o test3026: reduce runtime in legacy mingw builds [73]
 o tests/sshserver.pl: re-enable ssh-rsa while using openssh 8.8+
 o tests: add authorityInfoAccess to generated certs [99]
 o tests: add HTTP/3 test case, custom location for proper nghttpx [106]
 o tls: backends use connection filters for IO, enabling HTTPS-proxy [92]
 o tool_getparam: make --no-get work as the opposite of --get [39]
 o tool_operate: provide better errmsg for -G with bad URL [16]
 o tool_operate: when aborting, make sure there is a non-NULL error buffer [20]
 o url: move back the IDN conversion of proxy names [74]
 o urldata: change port num storage to int and unsigned short [66]
 o vtls: fix build without proxy support [38]
 o vtls: localization of state data in filters [84]
 o WEBSOCKET.md: fix broken link [30]
 o Websocket: fixes for partial frames and buffer updates. [7]
 o websockets: fix handling of partial frames [32]
 o windows: fail early with a missing windres in autotools [5]
 o windows: fix linking .rc to shared curl with autotools [24]
 o winidn: drop WANT_IDN_PROTOTYPES [27]
 o ws: return CURLE_NOT_BUILT_IN when websockets not built in [34]

This release includes the following known bugs:

 o see docs/KNOWN_BUGS (https://curl.se/docs/knownbugs.html)

Planned upcoming removals include:

 o NSS
 o Support for systems without 64 bit data types

 See https://curl.se/dev/deprecate.html for details

This release would not have looked like this without help, code, reports and
advice from friends like these:

  Adam Averay, Alexandre Ferrieux, Alex Xu, Ali Utku Selen, Andrei Rybak,
  Andy Alt, Andy Stamp, Anthony Hu, AtariDreams on github, Ayesh Karunaratne,
  Baitinq on github, Casey Bodley, Christopher Sauer, Christoph Reiter,
  Dan Fandrich, Daniel Faust, Daniel Gustafsson, Daniel Stenberg,
  David Benjamin, Diogo Teles Sant'Anna, Egor Pugin, Emanuele Torre,
  Emil Österlund, Eric Vigeant, Erik Janssen, Fata Nugraha, Felipe Gasper,
  Gisle Vanem, godmar on github, Henning Schild, Hirotaka Tagawa,
  Ikko Ashimine, Jakub Zakrzewski, Joel Depooter, John Sherrill, Jon Rumsey,
  jvreelanda on github, Karthikdasari0423 on github, Kenneth Myhra,
  Lorenzo Miniero, Luca Niccoli, Marcel Raad, Marc Hörsken, Mark Gaiser,
  Max Dymond, Michael Drake, Michael Kaufmann, Michael Musset,
  Mikhail Kuznetsov, MonkeybreadSoftware on github, Nathan Moinvaziri,
  Oskar Sigvardsson, Patrick Monnerat, Patrick Schlangen, Peter Piekarski,
  Philip Chan, Philip Heiduck, Philip Sanetra, Randall S. Becker, Ray Satiro,
  Rob de Wit, Robin Marx, Ryan Schmidt, Sean McArthur, Stefan Eissing,
  Stephan Guilloux, Stuart Henderson, Thomas Glanzmann, Trail of Bits,
  Viktor Szakats, xianghongai on github, xtonik on github, Zespre Schmidt
  (73 contributors)

References to bug reports and discussions on issues:

 [1] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9799
 [2] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9848
 [3] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9846
 [4] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9844
 [5] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9781
 [6] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9734
 [7] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9890
 [8] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9837
 [9] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9833
 [10] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9834
 [11] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9620
 [12] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9835
 [13] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9832
 [14] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9863
 [15] = https://sourceforge.net/p/curl/bugs/846/
 [16] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9889
 [17] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9818
 [18] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9811
 [19] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9813
 [20] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9865
 [21] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9817
 [22] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9810
 [23] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9802
 [24] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9803
 [25] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9783
 [26] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9801
 [27] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9793
 [28] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9796
 [29] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9796
 [30] = https://curl.se/mail/lib-2022-10/0097.html
 [31] = https://curl.se/mail/lib-2022-11/0016.html
 [32] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9861
 [33] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9840
 [34] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9851
 [35] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9842
 [36] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9847
 [37] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9820
 [38] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9895
 [39] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9891
 [40] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9885
 [41] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9712
 [42] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9888
 [43] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9855
 [44] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9883
 [45] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9930
 [46] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9442
 [47] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9874
 [48] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9431
 [49] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=4750
 [50] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9871
 [51] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9853
 [52] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9691
 [53] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9866
 [54] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9921
 [55] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9903
 [56] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9947
 [57] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9893
 [58] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9667
 [59] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9896
 [60] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9969
 [61] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9849
 [62] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9944
 [63] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9899
 [64] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9899
 [65] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9735
 [66] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9946
 [67] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9583
 [68] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9894
 [69] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9898
 [70] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9940
 [71] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9936
 [72] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=10001
 [73] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9412
 [74] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9937
 [75] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=2975
 [76] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9938
 [77] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9933
 [78] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9017
 [79] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9928
 [80] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9966
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 [90] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9989
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 [97] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=10009
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 [100] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9950
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 [102] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9804
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 [105] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=10004
 [106] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9031
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 [110] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=9986
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 [119] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=10040
 [120] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=10032
 [121] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=10034
 [122] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=10031
 [123] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=10026
 [124] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=10024
 [125] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=10029