I did this

I am using the curl library in my program and I recently upgraded from version 7.21.4 to version 7.50.1 and I noticed a behavior change with semicolon in ftp password for example when using the URL "ftp://user:pass;word@example.com"

I expected the following

I expected my program to use "user" and "pass;word" for authentication when using the URL "ftp://user:pass;word@example.com" but instead I have "user" and "pass".

With curl 7.21.4, the URL "ftp://user:pass;word@example.com" was giving "user" and "pass;word" for authentication.

curl/libcurl version

curl -V
curl 7.50.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.50.1 OpenSSL/1.0.2h zlib/1.2.5 c-ares/1.7.5
Protocols: file ftp ftps http https smb smbs smtp smtps
Features: AsynchDNS Largefile NTLM NTLM_WB SSL libz UnixSockets

operating system

uname -r
3.16.0-4-amd64