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authorDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2005-04-13 08:47:59 +0000
committerDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2005-04-13 08:47:59 +0000
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-Updated: April 11, 2005 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.html)
+Updated: April 13, 2005 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.html)
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programs. libcurl will use thread-safe functions instead of non-safe ones if
your system has such.
- We would appreciate some kind of report or README file from those who have
- used libcurl in a threaded environment.
+ If you use a OpenSSL-powered libcurl in a multi-threaded environment, you
+ need to provide one or two locking functions:
+
+ http://www.openssl.org/docs/crypto/threads.html#DESCRIPTION
+
+ If you use a GnuTLS-powered libcurl in a multi-threaded environment, you
+ need to provide locking function(s) for libgcrypt (which is used by GnuTLS
+ for the crypto functions).
+
+ [informative link missing]
5.2 How can I receive all data into a large memory chunk?