Re: LYNX-DEV lynx compilation

[T.E.Dickey]

> A few problems with lynx 2.7 on VMS
> 
> 1.    The [.www.library.implementation]HTAABROWSE.C module uses the 'stat'
>       function. Under the compile option /PREFIX=ANSI (DEC C 5.3 on VMS 6.2)
>       this results in an undefined external 'stat' because the compiler is
>       not prefixing stat with 'decc$'. The fix is to change the /prefix
>       qualifier to /PREFIX=ALL ([.www.library.implementation]LIBMAKE.COM)
> 
>       This is a bug in DEC C I believe.
not a "bug" - a feature.  'stat()' is POSIX, not ANSI, and a lot of implementors
have decided that they're mutually exclusive, rather than a superset.

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Thomas E. Dickey
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