Someone invoked #curl on Windows powershell, saw a problem and reported it to us.
Yes. It was the dreaded alias. Again. Not a problem in "the real curl". I tried to get rid of this sorry thing, remember?
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Removing the PowerShell curl alias?
PowerShell is a spiced up command line shell made by Microsoft. According to some people, it is a really useful and good shell alternative.daniel.haxx.se
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in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •MS is not even close on this one
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in reply to Rob Turner 🇪🇺 • • •The problems is that Windows also still ships the old Powershell 5 which is frozen in time approx. Windows 8 era, and will never lose the curl alias. And it defaults to it.
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in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •What kind of idiot would alias to a command that doesn't support the same argument syntax as the alias name??
Oh dang, i now see this is Microsoft we're dealing with.. Okay in their defence they're REALLY bad at computer, nobody in the company ever took a comp sci course, so it isn't their fault.
And their users are equally dumb if using windows for big boy / big girl tasks. It's fine to ignore them when their curl alias "got broke", nothing can save them. Let them have the alias.
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