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Re: Curl might not be decompressing the body if the server sends it compressed without being asked to do so
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2016 23:27:23 -0400
+1. Leave it as is.
--Fred
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On 7/1/16 6:24 PM, Alex Bligh wrote:
> On 1 Jul 2016, at 21:53, Dan Fandrich <dan_at_coneharvesters.com> wrote:
>
>> If I want to download a compressed tarball (for example) I don't want curl
>> uncompressing it behind my back without my asking for it. If I do want it
>> uncompressed, I'll give it the --compressed option. There may be an argument to
>> make --compressed the default so a tarball download would need --no-compressed
>> to be given, but that's a pretty big compatibility break.
> +1. Please don't change this.
>
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Received on 2016-07-02