--- /dev/null
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+r84049 | ripley | 2023-03-25 10:01:30 +0100 (sob, 25 mar 2023) | 1 line
+
+allow libcurl 8 as its API/ABI is said to be unchanged
+
+Index: configure
+===================================================================
+--- configure (revision 84048)
++++ configure (revision 84049)
+@@ -51680,8 +51680,8 @@
+ done
+
+ if test "x${have_libcurl}" = "xyes"; then
+-{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking if libcurl is version 7 and >= 7.28.0" >&5
+-printf %s "checking if libcurl is version 7 and >= 7.28.0... " >&6; }
++{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking if libcurl is >= 7.28.0" >&5
++printf %s "checking if libcurl is >= 7.28.0... " >&6; }
+ if test ${r_cv_have_curl728+y}
+ then :
+ printf %s "(cached) " >&6
+@@ -51699,7 +51699,7 @@
+ {
+ #ifdef LIBCURL_VERSION_MAJOR
+ #if LIBCURL_VERSION_MAJOR > 7
+- exit(1);
++ exit(0);
+ #elif LIBCURL_VERSION_MAJOR == 7 && LIBCURL_VERSION_MINOR >= 28
+ exit(0);
+ #else
+Index: m4/R.m4
+===================================================================
+--- m4/R.m4 (revision 84048)
++++ m4/R.m4 (revision 84049)
+@@ -4620,7 +4620,7 @@
+ AC_CHECK_HEADERS(curl/curl.h, [have_libcurl=yes], [have_libcurl=no])
+
+ if test "x${have_libcurl}" = "xyes"; then
+-AC_CACHE_CHECK([if libcurl is version 7 and >= 7.28.0], [r_cv_have_curl728],
++AC_CACHE_CHECK([if libcurl is >= 7.28.0], [r_cv_have_curl728],
+ [AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[
+ #include <stdlib.h>
+ #include <curl/curl.h>
+@@ -4628,7 +4628,7 @@
+ {
+ #ifdef LIBCURL_VERSION_MAJOR
+ #if LIBCURL_VERSION_MAJOR > 7
+- exit(1);
++ exit(0);
+ #elif LIBCURL_VERSION_MAJOR == 7 && LIBCURL_VERSION_MINOR >= 28
+ exit(0);
+ #else
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------