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-rw-r--r--RELEASE-NOTES2
-rw-r--r--lib/url.c7
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index db9ef744a..db5323bb8 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ This release includes the following bugfixes:
o c-ares: improve error message on failed resolve [4]
o printf: make sure %x are treated unsigned
o formpost: better random boundaries [5]
+ o url: restore the functionality of 'curl -u :' [6]
This release includes the following known bugs:
@@ -48,3 +49,4 @@ References to bug reports and discussions on issues:
[3] = http://curl.haxx.se/bug/view.cgi?id=1249
[4] = http://curl.haxx.se/bug/view.cgi?id=1191
[5] = http://curl.haxx.se/bug/view.cgi?id=1251
+ [6] = http://curl.haxx.se/mail/archive-2013-06/0052.html
diff --git a/lib/url.c b/lib/url.c
index e1c9dffe2..6ecf7b53b 100644
--- a/lib/url.c
+++ b/lib/url.c
@@ -318,6 +318,13 @@ static CURLcode setstropt_userpwd(char *option, char **userp, char **passwdp,
if(!result) {
/* Store the username part of option if required */
if(userp) {
+ if(!user && option && option[0] == ':') {
+ /* Allocate an empty string instead of returning NULL as user name */
+ user = strdup("");
+ if(!user)
+ result = CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+ }
+
Curl_safefree(*userp);
*userp = user;
}