NEWS entry for 88391.

kalibera · kalibera · commit 6c3540f0f15f · 2025-07-16T16:46:01.000Z
git-svn-id: https://svn.r-project.org/R/trunk@88417 00db46b3-68df-0310-9c12-caf00c1e9a41
diff --git a/doc/NEWS.Rd b/doc/NEWS.Rd
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@
       false, set to \code{TRUE} by \R's command-line option
       \option{--quiet} (and similar), now can be switched during an \R
       session.  Prompted by \I{Dirk Eddelbuettel}'s proposal in \PR{18913}.
+
+      \item Credentials for basic HTTP authentication with download method
+      \code{"libcurl"} can now be provided in a \command{netrc} file.  Path
+      to the file can be specified by \code{option()} \code{netrc}.
     }
   }
 

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`59`	`59`	`false, set to \code{TRUE} by \R's command-line option`
`60`	`60`	`\option{--quiet} (and similar), now can be switched during an \R`
`61`	`61`	`session. Prompted by \I{Dirk Eddelbuettel}'s proposal in \PR{18913}.`
	`62`	`+`
	`63`	`+ \item Credentials for basic HTTP authentication with download method`
	`64`	`+ \code{"libcurl"} can now be provided in a \command{netrc} file. Path`
	`65`	`+ to the file can be specified by \code{option()} \code{netrc}.`
`62`	`66`	`}`
`63`	`67`	`}`
`64`	`68`