LYNX-DEV Lynx2-7 + 1997-03-11 FM bugfixes doesn't connect to CPAN (via proxy?)

[G. Del Merritt]

I downloaded the 1997-03-11 FM (w/CHARGEN) bugfixes and applied them ("unzip
-u") to my 2-7 base source.  I then built the test version under OpenVMS/VAX
6.1, VAXC, with UCX support.

I define my proxy access as:
  $ define/job "http_proxy" "http://proxy.intranet.com:8080/";
  $ define/job "ftp_proxy" "http://proxy.intranet.com:8080/";
  $ define/job "no_proxy" "intranet.com"

The name of the host called "proxy" has been changed to loosely protect our
internal network configuration.  I surf about, and all appears well.  Then I
point to <URL:http://www.perl.com/CPAN/> and see the following:
  $ lynxnew http://www.perl.com/CPAN/
  
  Terminal = 
  You must use a vt100, 200, etc. terminal with this program.
  Proceed (n/y)? y
  
  lynx: Start file could not be found or is not text/html or text/plain
        Exiting...

("lynxnew" is an alias, since I'm testing this before unleashing it.)

I ran the above test in an editor "shell" window to facilitate capturing the
output.  The result is similar when run from a "live" decterm emulating a
vt300 series terminal.

Next, I added -trace and got the following (again, this was first run in a
real terminal, and I subsequently ran it under an editor "shell" to capture
the identical output):

  $ lynxnew -trace http://www.perl.com/CPAN/
  
  LYNX_SIG_FILE set to 'disk$intranet:[del].lynxsig'
  Loading types config file 'Lynx_Dir:mailcap'
  Could not open types config file 'Lynx_Dir:mailcap'
  Loading types config file 'sys$login:.mailcap'
  Could not open types config file 'sys$login:.mailcap'
  @@@ Using default extension map
  Loading extensions config file 'Lynx_Dir:mime.types'
  Could not open extensions config file 'Lynx_Dir:mime.types'
  Loading extensions config file 'sys$login:mime.types'
  Could not open extensions config file 'sys$login:mime.types'
  HTParse: aName:http://www.intranet.com   relatedName:
  1
  HTParse: result:http://www.intranet.com/
  HTParse: aName:http://www.perl.com/cpan/   relatedName:
  1
  HTParse: result:http://www.perl.com/cpan/
  Terminal = 
  You must use a vt100, 200, etc. terminal with this program.
  Proceed (n/y)? y
  
  Entering mainloop, startfile=http://www.perl.com/cpan/
  LYGetFile: getting http://www.perl.com/cpan/
  
  HTParse: aName:http://www.perl.com/cpan/   relatedName:
  HTParse: result:www.perl.com
  
  HTParse: aName:http://www.perl.com/cpan/   relatedName:
  HTParse: result:
  Entered HTAnchor_findAddress
  New anchor 159cd0 has hash 64 and address `http://www.perl.com/cpan/'
  HTAccess: loading document http://www.perl.com/cpan/
  HTParse: aName:http://www.perl.com/cpan/   relatedName:file:
  HTParse: result:http
  HTParse: aName:http://www.perl.com/cpan/   relatedName:
  HTParse: result:www.perl.com
  HTParse: aName:http://www.perl.com/cpan/   relatedName:
  HTParse: result:http
  HTParse: aName:http://www.perl.com/cpan/   relatedName:
  HTParse: result:http
  proxy server found: http://proxy.intranet.com:8080/
  HTParse: aName:http://proxy.intranet.com:8080/http://www.perl.com/cpan/   
relatedName:http:
  HTParse: result:http
  HTParse: aName:http://proxy.intranet.com:8080/http://www.perl.com/cpan/   
relatedName:
  HTParse: result:proxy.intranet.com:8080
  Looking up proxy.intranet.com:8080.
  TCP: Parsed address as port 8080, IP address xxx.yyy.zzz.hhh [edited out -gdm]
  Making HTTP connection to proxy.intranet.com:8080.
  HTParse: aName:http://proxy.intranet.com:8080/http://www.perl.com/cpan/   
relatedName:
  1
  HTParse: result:/http://www.perl.com/cpan/
  HTParse: aName:http://www.perl.com/cpan/   relatedName:
  HTParse: result:www.perl.com
  HTParse: aName:http://proxy.intranet.com:8080/http://www.perl.com/cpan/   
relatedName:
  1
  HTParse: result:/http://www.perl.com/cpan/
  HTParse: aName:http://proxy.intranet.com:8080/http://www.perl.com/cpan/   
relatedName:
  1
  HTParse: result:http://www.perl.com/cpan/
  HTParse: aName:http://proxy.intranet.com:8080/http://www.perl.com/cpan/   
relatedName:
  HTParse: result:proxy.intranet.com:8080
  HTParse: aName:http://www.perl.com/cpan/   relatedName:
  HTParse: result:www.perl.com
  HTParse: aName:http://www.perl.com/cpan/   relatedName:
  1
  HTParse: result:/cpan/
  %SYSTEM-F-ACCVIO, access violation, reason mask=00, virtual address=00000050, 
PC=0012E5CC, PSL=0BC00000
  %TRACE-F-TRACEBACK, symbolic stack dump follows
  module name     routine name                     line       rel PC    abs PC
  
                                                             0012E5CC  0012E5CC
                                                             0012ABB2  0012ABB2
  LYCOOKIE        LYCookie                        16881      0000005C  0005800C
  HTTP            HTLoadHTTP                      15108      00000873  0008FB3B
  HTACCESS        HTLoadDocument                  13440      0000025D  00084F29
  HTACCESS        HTLoadAbsolute                  13610      0000004F  000852A3
  LYGETFILE       getfile                         18054      00000A99  0005BBC5
  LYMAINLOOP      mainloop                        21704      00000452  00063392
  LYMAIN          main                            18850      00001064  00061AB0
  *INTERRUPT*
  
  *INTERRUPT*
  
  Exiting via interrupt: 2

Note that I had to ^Y twice to get back to the DCL prompt.  There was no
reported access viloation without the "-trace".

Another note: given DCL's tendency to mush case, I tried this:
  $ lynxnew -trace "http://www.perl.com/CPAN/";

which produces the same result as the unquoted attempt.

Other proxy served data appears to be working, so I don't know if noting use
of proxies is a red herring.  What else should I look at to correct this
problem at my site, or to pass along to the CPAN folk?

Thanks.

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