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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
.\" nroff -man [file]
.\" $Id$
.\"
-.TH libcurl 5 "19 March 2001" "libcurl 7.8.1" "libcurl overview"
+.TH libcurl 5 "19 March 2002" "libcurl 7.8.1" "libcurl overview"
.SH NAME
libcurl \- client-side URL transfers
.SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -97,13 +97,6 @@ Only use documented functions and functionality!
libcurl works
.B exactly
the same, on any of the platforms it compiles and builds on.
-
-There's only one caution, and that is the win32 platform that may(*) require
-you to init the winsock stuff before you use the libcurl functions. Details on
-this are noted on the curl_easy_init() man page.
-
-(*) = it appears as if users of the cygwin environment get this done
-automatically, also libcurl 7.8.1 and later can handle this for you.
.SH "THREADS"
Never ever call curl-functions simultaneously using the same handle from
several threads. libcurl is thread-safe and can be used in any number of
@@ -126,7 +119,3 @@ held by libcurl will be closed and forgotten.
Note that the options set with curl_easy_setopt() will be used in on every
repeat curl_easy_perform() call
-.SH "COMPATIBILITY WITH OLDER LIBCURLS"
-Repeated curl_easy_perform() calls on the same handle were not supported in
-pre-7.7 versions, and caused confusion and undefined behaviour.
-