Subject: ANNOUNCE: c-ares 1.7.0

ANNOUNCE: c-ares 1.7.0

From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel_at_haxx.se>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:16:47 +0100 (CET)

Hi friends!

I'm happy to announce that I just now uploaded c-ares 1.7.0 to the web site.
Get your tarball from:

         http://c-ares.haxx.se/

This is what's new and changed in the c-ares 1.7.0 release:

Changed:

  o in6_addr is not used in ares.h anymore, but a private ares_in6_addr is
    instead declared and used
  o ares_gethostbyname() now supports 'AF_UNSPEC' as a family for resolving
    either AF_INET6 or AF_INET
  o a build-time configured ares_socklen_t is now used instead of socklen_t
  o new ares_library_init() and ares_library_cleanup() functions
  o new --enable-curldebug configure option
  o ARES_ECANCELLED is now sent as reason for ares_cancel()
  o added ares_parse_srv_reply()
  o added ares_parse_txt_reply()
  o added ares_free_data()
  o new --enable-symbol-hiding configure option
  o new Makefile.msvc for any MSVC compiler or MS Visual Studio version
  o addrttl and addr6ttl structs renamed to ares_addrttl and ares_addr6ttl
  o naming convention for libraries built with MSVC, see README.msvc

Fixed:

  o ares_parse_*_reply() functions now return ARES_EBADRESP instead of
    ARES_EBADNAME if the name in the response failed to decode
  o only expose/export symbols starting with 'ares_'
  o fix \Device\TCP handle leaks triggered by buggy iphlpapi.dll
  o init without internet gone no longer fails
  o out of bounds memory overwrite triggered with malformed /etc/hosts file
  o function prototypes in man pages out of sync with ares.h

Thanks go to these friendly people for their efforts and contributions:

  Phil Blundell, Japheth Cleaver, Yang Tse, Gregor Jasny, Joshua Kwan,
  Timo Teras, Jakub Hrozek, John Engelhart, Larry Lansing

Have fun!

-- 
  / daniel.haxx.se
Received on 2009-11-30