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@@ -770,10 +770,12 @@ REDUCING SIZE
will not use, here are some other flags that can reduce the size of the
library:
- --disable-ares (disables support for the ARES DNS library)
+ --disable-ares (disables support for the C-ARES DNS library)
--disable-cookies (disables support for HTTP cookies)
--disable-crypto-auth (disables HTTP cryptographic authentication)
--disable-ipv6 (disables support for IPv6)
+ --disable-manual (disables support for the built-in documentation)
+ --disable-proxy (disables support for HTTP and SOCKS proxies)
--disable-verbose (eliminates debugging strings and error code strings)
--enable-hidden-symbols (eliminates unneeded symbols in the shared library)
--without-libidn (disables support for the libidn DNS library)
@@ -791,11 +793,24 @@ REDUCING SIZE
Using these techniques it is possible to create an HTTP-only shared libcurl
library for i386 Linux platforms that is only 96 KiB in size (as of libcurl
- version 7.17.1, using gcc 4.2.2).
+ version pre-7.19.1, using gcc 4.2.2).
You may find that statically linking libcurl to your application will
result in a lower total size.
+ Note that the curl test harness can detect the use of some, but not all, of
+ the --disable statements suggested above. Use will cause tests relying on
+ those features to fail. The test harness can be manually forced to skip
+ the relevant tests by specifying certain key words on the runtests.pl
+ command line. Following is a list of appropriate key words:
+
+ --disable-cookies !cookies
+ --disable-crypto-auth !HTTP\ Digest\ auth !HTTP\ NTLM\ auth
+ !HTTP\ proxy\ Digest\ auth
+ !HTTP\ proxy\ NTLM\ auth
+ --disable-manual !--manual
+ --disable-proxy !HTTP\ proxy !SOCKS4 !SOCKS5
+
PORTS
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