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Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 13:10:00 -0500
From: Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd_at_debian.org>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit_at_bugs.debian.org>
Reply-To: Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd_at_debian.org>, 114228_at_bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#114228: libcurl-dev: Proxy support documentation misleading

Package: libcurl-dev
Version: 7.8-3
Severity: minor

I was trying to extend the simple.c example to work from behind a firewall.
Reading the curl_easy_setopt(3) manual page suggest that CURLOPT_PROXY and
CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD should enable this.

They don't, or at least not until one also adds CURLOPT_USERPWD -- which
runs counter to the two paragraphs in the above mentioned manual page.
Nothing in the text about CURLOPT_USERPWD suggest that it is also needed for
a proxy.

In fact, as there is a chance that the behaviour is wrong inside the
library, it would be best if the bug report could be forwarded.

Thanks, Dirk

-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux homebud 2.2.18 #1 Sat Mar 31 17:59:36 CST 2001 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages libcurl-dev depends on:
ii libc6-dev 2.2.4-1 GNU C Library: Development Librari
ii libcurl2 7.8-3 Multi-protocol file transfer libra

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Received on 2001-10-03