curl-7.70.0

[Douglas R. Reno]

New minor version

curl and libcurl 7.70.0

 Public curl releases:         191
 Command line options:         231
 curl_easy_setopt() options:   270
 Public functions in libcurl:  82
 Contributors:                 2169

This release includes the following changes:

 o curl: add --ssl-revoke-best-effort to allow a "best effort" revocation check [5]
 o mqtt: add new experimental protocol [57]
 o schannel: add "best effort" revocation check option: CURLSSLOPT_REVOKE_BEST_EFFORT [5]
 o writeout: support to generate JSON output with '%{json}' [8]

This release includes the following bugfixes:

 o appveyor: add Unicode winbuild jobs [88]
 o appveyor: completely disable tests that fail to timeout early
 o appveyor: show failed tests in log even if test is ignored
 o appveyor: sort builds by type and add two new variants
 o appveyor: turn disabled tests into ignored result tests
 o appveyor: use random test server ports based upon APPVEYOR_API_URL [52]
 o build: fixed build for systems with select() in unistd.h [43]
 o buildconf: avoid using tempfile when removing files [90]
 o checksrc: warn on obvious conditional blocks on the same line as if() [44]
 o CI-fuzz: increase fuzz time to 40 minutes [59]
 o ci/tests: fix Azure Pipelines not running Windows containers [25]
 o CI: add build with ngtcp2 + gnutls on Travis CI
 o CI: bring GitHub Actions fuzzing job in line with macOS jobs
 o CI: migrate macOS jobs from Azure and Travis CI to GitHub Actions [36]
 o CI: remove default Ubuntu build from GitHub Actions
 o cirrus: no longer ignore test 504 which is working again
 o cirrus: re-enable the FreeBSD 13 CI builds [29]
 o cleanup: insert newline after if() conditions
 o cmake: add aliases so exported target names are available in tree [73]
 o cmake: add CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY [45]
 o cmake: add support for building with wolfSSL [9]
 o cmake: Avoid MSVC C4273 warnings in send/recv checks [92]
 o cmdline: fix handling of OperationConfig linked list (--next) [24]
 o compressed.d: stress that the headers are not modified [80]
 o config: remove all defines of HAVE_DES_H [37]
 o configure: convert -I to -isystem as a last step [2]
 o configure: document 'compiler_num' for gcc [4]
 o configure: don't check for Security.framework when cross-compiling [47]
 o configure: fix -pedantic-errors for GCC 5 and later [3]
 o configure: remove use of -vec-report0 from CFLAGS with icc [71]
 o connect: happy eyeballs cleanup [15]
 o connect: store connection info for QUIC connections [68]
 o copyright: fix out-of-date copyright ranges and missing headers [38]
 o curl-functions.m4: remove inappropriate AC_REQUIRE [26]
 o curl.h: remnove CURL_VERSION_ESNI. Never supported nor documented [49]
 o curl.h: update comment typo [61]
 o curl: allow both --etag-compare and --etag-save with same file name [56]
 o curl_setup: define _WIN32_WINNT_[OS] symbols [27]
 o CURLINFO_CONDITION_UNMET: return true for 304 http status code [54]
 o CURLINFO_NUM_CONNECTS: improve accuracy [28]
 o CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION.3: add inline example and new see-also [70]
 o dist: add mail-rcpt-allowfails.d to the tarball [35]
 o docs/make: generate curl.1 from listed files only [33]
 o docs: add warnings about FILE: URLs on Windows [19]
 o easy: fix curl_easy_duphandle for builds missing IPv6 that use c-ares [18]
 o examples/sessioninfo.c: add include to fix compiler warning [42]
 o github actions: run when pushed to master or */ci + PRs [64]
 o gnutls: bump lowest supported version to 3.1.10 [89]
 o gnutls: Don't skip really long certificate fields [86]
 o gnutls: ensure TLS 1.3 when SRP isn't requested [79]
 o gopher: check remaining time left during write busy loop [78]
 o gskit: use our internal select wrapper for portability [12]
 o http2: Fix erroneous debug message that h2 connection closed [21]
 o http: don't consider upload done if the request isn't completely sent off [67]
 o http: free memory when Alt-Used header creation fails due to OOM [98]
 o lib/mk-ca-bundle: skip empty certs [112]
 o lib670: use the same Win32 API check as all other lib tests
 o lib: fix typos in comments and errormessages
 o lib: never define CURL_CA_BUNDLE with a getenv [51]
 o libcurl-multi.3: added missing full stop [110]
 o libssh: avoid options override by configuration files [104]
 o libssh: Use new ECDSA key types to check known hosts [87]
 o mailmap: fixup a few author names/fields
 o Makefile.m32: Improve windres parameter compatibility [17]
 o Makefile: run the cd commands in a subshell [1]
 o memdebug: don't log free(NULL)
 o mime: properly check Content-Type even if it has parameters [83]
 o multi-ssl: reset the SSL backend on `Curl_global_cleanup()` [100]
 o multi: improve parameter check for curl_multi_remove_handle [6]
 o nghttp2: 1.12.0 required [40]
 o ngtcp2: update to git master for the key installation API change [46]
 o nss: check for PK11_CreateDigestContext() returning NULL [96]
 o openssl: adapt to functions marked as deprecated since version 3 [34]
 o OS400: update strings for ccsid-ifier (fixes the build) [30]
 o output.d: quote the URL when globbing [48]
 o packages: add OS400/chkstrings.c to the dist [39]
 o RELEASE-PROCEDURE.md: run the copyright.pl script!
 o Revert "file: on Windows, refuse paths that start with \\" [50]
 o runtests: always put test number in servercmd file
 o runtests: provide nicer errormsg when protocol "dump" file is empty
 o schannel: Fix blocking timeout logic [76]
 o schannel: support .P12 or .PFX client certificates [65]
 o scripts/release-notes.pl: add helper script for RELEASE-NOTES maintenance
 o select: make Curl_socket_check take timediff_t timeout [109]
 o select: move duplicate select preparation code into Curl_select [14]
 o select: remove typecast from SOCKET_WRITABLE/READABLE macros [69]
 o server/getpart: make the "XML-parser" stricter [20]
 o server/resolve: remove AI_CANONNAME to make macos tell the truth [63]
 o smtp: set auth correctly [103]
 o sockfilt: add logmsg output to select_ws_wait_thread on Windows [32]
 o sockfilt: fix broken pipe on Windows to be ready in select_ws [95]
 o sockfilt: fix handling of ready closed sockets on Windows
 o sockfilt: fix race-condition of waiting threads and event handling [58]
 o socks: Fix blocking timeout logic [77]
 o src: Remove C99 constructs to ensure C89 compliance [82]
 o SSLCERTS.md: Fix example code for setting CA cert file [31]
 o test1148: tolerate progress updates better (again) [60]
 o test1154: set a proper name
 o test1177: verify that all the CURL_VERSION_ bits are documented
 o test1566: verify --etag-compare that gets a 304 back [53]
 o test1908: avoid using fixed port number in test data [75]
 o test2043: use revoked.badssl.com instead of revoked.grc.com [94]
 o test2100: fix static port instead of dynamic value being used
 o tests/data: fix some XML formatting issues in test cases
 o tests/FILEFORMAT: converted to markdown and extended [84]
 o tests/server/util.c: use curl_off_t instead of long for pid
 o tests: add %NOLISTENPORT and use it [93]
 o tests: add Windows compatible pidwait like pidkill and pidterm
 o tests: fix conflict between Cygwin/msys and Windows PIDs [81]
 o tests: introduce preprocessed test cases
 o tests: make Python-based servers compatible with Python 2 and 3 [22]
 o tests: make runtests check that disabled tests exists [108]
 o tests: move pingpong server to dynamic listening port
 o tests: remove python_dependencies for smbserver from our tree [16]
 o tests: run the RTSP test server on a dynamic port number [91]
 o tests: run the SOCKS test server on a dynamic port number [99]
 o tests: run the sws server on "any port" [85]
 o tests: run the TFTP test server on a dynamic port number [101]
 o tests: use Cygwin/msys PIDs for stunnel and sshd on Windows
 o tls: remove the BACKEND define kludge from most backends [23]
 o tool: do not declare functions with Curl_ prefix [66]
 o tool_operate: fix add_parallel_transfers when more are in queue [10]
 o transfer: cap retries of "dead connections" to 5 [13]
 o transfer: Switch PUT to GET/HEAD on 303 redirect [111]
 o travis: bump the wolfssl CI build to use 4.4.0 [97]
 o travis: update the ngtcp2 build to use the latest OpenSSL patch
 o url: allow non-HTTPS altsvc-matching for debug builds [62]
 o version: add 'cainfo' and 'capath' to version info struct [55]
 o version: increase buffer space for ssl version output [74]
 o version: skip idn2_check_version() check and add precaution [113]
 o vquic: add support for GnuTLS backend of ngtcp2 [41]
 o vtls: fix ssl_config memory-leak on out-of-memory [11]
 o warnless: remove code block for icc that didn't work [72]
 o windows: enable UnixSockets with all build toolchains
 o windows: suppress UI in all CryptAcquireContext() calls [7]

[Douglas R. Reno]

I did not have any test failures with this version. I'll make sure to note in the book as well.

I had all the dependencies except for stunnel installed.

[Douglas R. Reno]

Fixed at r23045

[Bruce Dubbs]

Milestone renamed

[Bruce Dubbs]

Milestone renamed