Re: [PATCH] Don't use curl_easy_strerror prior to curl-7.12.0

"Joachim Schmitz" [off-list ref] writes:

Signed-off-by: Joachim Schmitz <redacted>

At the very least, please mention that this reverts be22d92 (http:
avoid empty error messages for some curl errors, 2011-09-05) on
platforms with older versions of libcURL.

From: Junio C Hamano [mailto:gitster@pobox.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 7:19 PM
To: Joachim Schmitz
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Don't use curl_easy_strerror prior to curl-7.12.0

"Joachim Schmitz" [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

Signed-off-by: Joachim Schmitz <redacted>

At the very least, please mention that this reverts be22d92 (http:
avoid empty error messages for some curl errors, 2011-09-05) on platforms
with older versions of libcURL.

a) Of course I didn't know that, thanks for telling me.
b) How and where to add that? In the Subject of an email, in the body, right
at the front?
Like this:
----

This reverts be22d92 (http: avoid empty error messages for some curl errors,
2011-09-05) on platforms with older versions of libcURL.

Signed-off-by: Joachim Schmitz <redacted>
---
 http.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index b61ac85..18bc6bf 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c

@@ -806,10 +806,12 @@ static int http_request(const char *url, void *result,

int target, int options)
                                ret = HTTP_REAUTH;
                        }
                } else {
+#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x070c00
                        if (!curl_errorstr[0])
                                strlcpy(curl_errorstr,
 
curl_easy_strerror(results.curl_result),
                                        sizeof(curl_errorstr));
+#endif
                        ret = HTTP_ERROR;
                }
        } else {
--
1.7.12

Bye, Jojo