1Curl is a tool for transferring files with URL syntax, supporting
2 FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, TELNET, DICT, FILE and LDAP.
3 Curl supports HTTPS certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT,
4 FTP uploading, kerberos, HTTP form based upload, proxies,
5 cookies, user+password authentication, file transfer resume,
6 http proxy tunneling and a busload of other useful tricks.
7
8See /usr/doc/curl-$(VERSION)/FEATURES for more info.
9
10
11Dependencies:
12 - Cygwin
13 - OpenSSL 0.9.6b-2+ (*)
14
15 (*) cURL can be built without SSL support, see below for details
16
17
18Canonical Homepage and Downloads:
19 http://curl.haxx.se/
20 http://curl.haxx.se/download.html
21
22
23Cygwin specific source files (a .README template and a Makefile
24 for building binary tarballs) are maintained in the upstream
25 CVS at: <srctop>/packages/Win32/cygwin/
26
27
28Build Instructions (to recompile from the cygwin source tarball):
29 ---STANDARD (with SSL) RELEASE---
30 Download the source (either the official release or the cygwin version),
31 unpack it (done for you if using setup.exe), then:
32
33 $ ./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man # (*)
34 $ make
35 $ make test # optional
36 $ make install # (**)
37
38 (*) The Cygwin project now (as of sometime in 2003) prefers man pages
39 within /usr/share/man, as opposed to the default /usr/man.
40
41 (**) LibTool 1.4.2 had a bug related to cygwin's use of ".exe" extensions,
42 such that "make install" blew up at curl.exe. See this URL for details:
43 http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/libtool/2001-September/005549.html
44 The copy of ltmain.sh that is distributed with cURL includes this patch.
45
46 As of curl 7.9.1, the official source compiles (under Cygwin) and tests
47 100% cleanly OOTB (Out Of The Box)
48
49 ---NO SSL RELEASE---
50 Same as standard, except for the configure step, which changes to:
51
52 $ ./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --without-ssl
53
54 NOTE: the standard release is what is available via Cygwin's setup.exe;
55 the no-ssl release is only available from the curl website
56
57
58Packaging Instructions:
59 ---BINARY---
60 Compile cleanly as described above, then:
61
62 $ make cygwinbin CYGBUILD=n
63
64 where n is the cygwin release number (e.g. the "1" in curl-7.9-1),
65 and "CYGBUILD=n" is optional (n defaults to 1 if not specified)
66
67 Assuming everything worked, you'll find your binary tarballs in
68 $(buildtop)/packages/Win32/cygwin/
69
70 ---SOURCE---
71 1. download & unpack the pristine source
72 2. rename the source dir to add the "-$(REL)" suffix, e.g.:
73 $ mv curl-7.9 curl-7.9-1
74 3. unpack the pristine source once more, so you'll end up
75 with 2 directories: "curl-7.9" and "curl-7.9-1" in this example
76 3. add a CYGWIN-PATCHES directory, and add this readme to it
77 $ cd curl-7.9-1; mkdir CYGWIN-PATCHES
78 $ cp packages/Win32/cygwin/README CYGWIN-PATCHES/curl-7.9-1.README
79 4. if applicable, document any changes in the README file
80 5. create a patch which, when applied
81 (using `patch -p1 < curl-7.9-$(REL).patch`)
82 will remove any changes you've made to the pristine source:
83 $ cd ..
84 $ diff -Nrup curl-7.9-1 curl-7.9 > curl-7.9-1.patch
85 and then move it into the CYGWIN-PATCHES directory
86 $ mv curl-7.9-1.patch curl-7.9-1/CYGWIN-PATCHES
87 6. pack the new source dir into a tar.bz2 file:
88 $ tar cfj curl-7.9-1-src.tar.bz2 curl-7.9-1
89
90 ---SETUP.HINT---
91 @ curl
92 sdesc: "a client that groks URLs"
93 ldesc: "Curl is a tool for transferring files with URL syntax,
94 supporting FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, TELNET, DICT, FILE
95 and LDAP. Curl supports HTTPS certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT,
96 FTP uploading, kerberos, HTTP form based upload, proxies,
97 cookies, user+password authentication, file transfer resume,
98 http proxy tunneling and a busload of other useful tricks."
99 category: Web Libs
100 requires: cygwin openssl
101
102 @ curl-devel
103 sdesc: "(lib)cURL headers, static libraries, developer docs and samples"
104 ldesc: "curl-devel is the developer-oriented (non-run-time) parts
105 of the cURL package. It includes header files, static libraries,
106 example source code snippets, and the libcurl man pages."
107 category: Web Libs Devel
108 requires: cygwin openssl curl
109
110
111Cygwin port maintained by:
112 Kevin Roth <kproth @ users . sourceforge . net>
113 Questions about cURL should be directed to curl-users@cool.haxx.se.
114 Questions about this cygwin package go to cygwin@cygwin.com.
115