Re: LYNX-DEV lynx problem!

[Michael Warner]

On Mon, 7 Apr 1997, Eric J. Sison wrote:

>       I just ran into some problems with lynx versions 2.6, 2.7, and
>       2.7.1 on a DEC Alpha 2100 running Digital Unix 4.0b.
> 
>       When building lynx from these versions I get the error "ttytype
>       not defined."  So I add a -Dttytype in the Makefile.  Then I do a
>       "make osf"  Everything builds without any errors and the lynx
>       binary is created.  I attempt to run it then is dumps core.

        [....]

>       I know that ttytype is probably important since it gets the
>       terminal type, but why does it not run when it is defined and run
>       when it is commented out?

Try "-DNO_TTYTYPE" in the Makefile instead.

On my system, I think ' ttytype ' is defined in /usr/include/curses.h,
but in a BSD-only part of the file, if there is such a thing.

-- 
Michael Warner
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