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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_init.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_init.3 index a9fbe792a..083633627 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_init.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_init.3 @@ -14,12 +14,17 @@ handle that you must use as input to other easy-functions. curl_easy_init initializes curl and this call \fBMUST\fP have a corresponding call to \fIcurl_easy_cleanup(3)\fP when the operation is complete. -If you did not already call \fIcurl_global_init(3)\fP, it will be done -automatically with a default setup when you call \fIcurl_easy_init(3)\fP. +If you did not already call \fIcurl_global_init(3)\fP, +\fIcurl_easy_init(3)\fP does it automatically. This may be lethal in multi-threaded cases, since \fIcurl_global_init(3)\fP is -not thread-safe and must not be called more than once (or from more than one -thread). You are strongly adviced to not rely on this automatic behaviour, but -call \fIcurl_global_init(3)\fP yourself properly. +not thread-safe, and it may result in resource problems because there is +no corresponding cleanup. + +You are strongly advised to not allow this automatic behaviour, by +calling \fIcurl_global_init(3)\fP yourself properly. +See the description in \fBlibcurl\fP(3) of global environment +requirements for details of how to use this function. + .SH RETURN VALUE If this function returns NULL, something went wrong and you cannot use the other curl functions. |