using one of the so-called 'right' time zones that take into account
leap seconds, which causes the tests to fail (as reported by
Daniel Black in bug report #
1745964).
Changelog
+Dan F (10 July 2007)
+- Fixed a curl memory leak reported by Song Ma with a modified version
+ of the patch he suggested. Added his test case as test289 to verify.
+
+- Force the time zone to GMT in the cookie tests in case the user is
+ using one of the so-called 'right' time zones that take into account
+ leap seconds, which causes the tests to fail (as reported by
+ Daniel Black in bug report #1745964).
+
Version 7.16.4 (10 July 2007)
Daniel S (10 July 2007)
This release includes the following bugfixes:
- o
+ o Test cases 31, 46, 61, 506, 517 now work in time zones that use leap seconds
This release includes the following known bugs:
This release would not have looked like this without help, code, reports and
advice from friends like these:
+ Dan Fandrich, Song Ma, Daniel Black
Thanks! (and sorry if I forgot to mention someone)
<name>
HTTP with weirdly formatted cookies and cookiejar storage
</name>
+# Explicitly set the time zone to a known good one, in case the user is
+# using one of the 'right' zones that take into account leap seconds
+# which causes the cookie expiry times to be different.
+<setenv>
+TZ=GMT
+</setenv>
<command>
http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/we/want/31 -b none -c log/jar31.txt
</command>
<name>
HTTP, get cookies and store in cookie jar
</name>
+# Explicitly set the time zone to a known good one, in case the user is
+# using one of the 'right' zones that take into account leap seconds
+# which causes the cookie expiry times to be different from what we expect.
+<setenv>
+TZ=GMT
+</setenv>
<command>
%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/want/46 -c log/jar46 -b log/injar46
</command>
<name>
HTTP with shared cookie list (and dns cache)
</name>
+# Explicitly set the time zone to a known good one, in case the user is
+# using one of the 'right' zones that take into account leap seconds
+# which causes the cookie expiry times to be different.
+<setenv>
+TZ=GMT
+</setenv>
<tool>
lib506
</tool>
<name>
curl_getdate() testing
</name>
+# Explicitly set the time zone to a known good one, in case the user is
+# using one of the 'right' zones that take into account leap seconds
+# which causes the cookie expiry times to be different.
+<setenv>
+TZ=GMT
+</setenv>
<command>
nothing
</command>
<name>
HTTP with various cookies and custom Host:
</name>
+# Explicitly set the time zone to a known good one, in case the user is
+# using one of the 'right' zones that take into account leap seconds
+# which causes the cookie expiry times to be different.
+<setenv>
+TZ=GMT
+</setenv>
<command>
http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/we/want/61 -c log/jar61.txt -H "Host: www.host.foo.com"
</command>