FAQ

Why with easy.url I obtain an “old” url and not the last used?

.url gives the url that curb processed when it was initialized, to resolve, simply use the .last_effective_url method, [taf2]

How to compile curb in FreeBSD? [Tested under FreeBSD 7.1{DesktopBSD}]

Install libcurl /usr/ports/ftp/curl and ruby /usr/ports/lang/ruby18, then do ‘gem i curb’, you will receive an error message, at the end you will see:
"Gem files will remain installed in /thir/to/cd/"
then simply ‘cd /thir/to/cd/’ and “rake install EXTCONF_OPTS=‘—with-curl-dir=/usr/local/’”

Curl::Easy.new takes a long time to run.
Curl::Easy.new invokes curl_easy_init, which intern calls openssl functions – if libcurl was built using openssl. On Mac OSX, I observed 0.1 second delays when calling curl_easy_init. If you don’t use SSL and need performance on Mac, I recommend NOT building libcurl with SSL support enabled.

Snow Leopard (OSX 10.6) – build errors

  sudo rake install

  (in /Users/xxxx/work/github/curb)

  gcc I. -I. -I/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/universal-darwin10.0 -I. -DRUBY_EXTCONF_H=\“curb_config.h\”  -D_XOPEN_SOURCE -D_DARWIN_C_SOURCE   -fno-common -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -g -Os -pipe -fno-common -DENABLE_DTRACE  -fno-common  -pipe -fno-common  -I/opt/local/include -Wall  -c curb.c

  In file included from /opt/local/include/curl/curl.h:36,

                 from curb.h:12,

                 from curb.c:8:

  /opt/local/include/curl/curlrules.h:144: error: size of array ‘__curl_rule_01__’ is negative

  /opt/local/include/curl/curlrules.h:154: error: size of array ‘__curl_rule_02__’ is negative

  lipo: can’t open input file: /var/tmp//ccmASHN7.out (No such file or directory)

  make: * [curb.o] Error 1

  rake aborted!

  Make failed (status 2)

  /Users/xxxx/work/github/curb/Rakefile:60

  (See full trace by running task with —trace)

sudo port install curl +universal

sudo port install curl +universal

-→  Computing dependencies for curl

—>  Fetching curl

-→  Verifying checksum(s) for curl

—>  Extracting curl

-→  Configuring curl

—>  Configuring curl for architecture x86_64

-→  Configuring curl for architecture i386

—>  Building curl

-→  Building curl for architecture x86_64

—>  Building curl for architecture i386

-→  Staging curl into destroot

—>  Staging curl into destroot for architecture x86_64

-→  Staging curl into destroot for architecture i386

—>  Installing curl @7.19.6_0+universal

-→  Deactivating curl @7.19.6_0

—>  Activating curl @7.19.6_0+universal

-→  Cleaning curl