From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2014 11:35:40 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER.3: libcurl doesn't copy the whole list
X-Git-Tag: curl-7_39_0~193
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b1c4c39c5830951b805d9cb136c2e3f0237776b9;p=curl

CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER.3: libcurl doesn't copy the whole list
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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER.3
index 557f9fbf0..10fcf08f0 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER.3
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ following the request-line are headers. Adding this method line in this list
 of headers will only cause your request to send an invalid header. Use
 \fICURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST(3)\fP to change the method.
 
+When this option is passed to \fIcurl_easy_setopt(3)\fP, libcurl will not copy
+the entire list so you \fBmust\fP keep it around until you no longer use this
+\fIhandle\fP for a transfer before you call \fIcurl_slist_free_all(3)\fP on
+the list.
+
 Pass a NULL to this option to reset back to no custom headers.
 
 The most commonly replaced headers have "shortcuts" in the options