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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/libcurl.3 b/docs/libcurl/libcurl.3 index 05034c98e..e7709c04d 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/libcurl.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/libcurl.3 @@ -194,6 +194,9 @@ object as the program starts up and the destructor as it terminates. As the author of this libcurl-using module, you can make the constructor call \fIcurl_global_init(3)\fP and the destructor call \fIcurl_global_cleanup(3)\fP and satisfy libcurl's requirements without your user having to think about it. +(Caveat: If you are initializing libcurl from a Windows DLL you should not +initialize it from DllMain or a static initializer because Windows holds the +loader lock during that time and it could cause a deadlock.) \fIcurl_global_init(3)\fP has an argument that tells what particular parts of the global constant environment to set up. In order to successfully use any |