Re: lynx-dev lynx 2.8.2dev.4 vs my.yahoo.comrqr

[David Combs]

> From address@hidden Fri Nov 20 14:38:52 1998
> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 17:34:37 -0500 (EST)
> From: address@hidden (Larry W. Virden)
> 
> From: address@hidden
> 
> > But I am a little puzzled:  iirc, you are compiiling with gcc.  The only
> > problems I have found/fixed have been in the varargs.h code (not used with
> > gcc) rather than the stdarg.h code.
> 
> > I have a pending patch with that (fixes for the non-stdarg.h code), plus
> > Klaus' changes, will probably have it ready for checkin in the early
> > morning (Friday nights never seem to work for patches -- too many errors)
> 
> Actually, I am using Sun's ANSI C compiler.  However, it should use stdargs.h
> as well.  All I know is what I've been reporting regarding my download
> error.  In it, I mention how there's a bug in HTSprintf function, where
> the dst_len comes in 0 but the dst_ptr is allocated, causing the sprintf 
> loop to never get started after seeing the % sign ...
> -- 
> Larry W. Virden                 <URL:mailto:address@hidden>

I do hope all these problems that Larry V. is finding get
fixed in the configure etc, and NOT just by some instructions
"for Solaris get this, and this, and be sure to do this, and
that, hand hack these lines in the makefile, etc, etc" --

hopefully so that making on solaris is FULLY AUTOMATIC.

--

I myself am simply WAITING until Larry, by his emails to
the list, seems satisfied, BEFORE I go re-download a fresh &
fixed version and try it on MY sparc/solaris.

Seeing so many problems from larry, I haven't even TRIED
to compile the version I downloaded two weeks ago...

--- re "prefix":

By the way, like lots of people, I will have to use "prefix="
somewhere, since, like with lots of people, I followed sun's
(implicit) instructions and made all these various file-systems,
and now there's not enough room to install anything on /usr/local.

(Yes, I now know better: have maybe just TWO filesystems:
root, and one for everything else; that's it.  Will do it that
way when I install solaris 2.7, which just arrived two days
ago.  Will do this in what, 6 months?  (safety))

But please add instructions and hints re this PREFIX stuff,
eg hints and tricks via symbolic links in /usr/local, etc.

THANKS!

David

PS: what a NEAT program this lynx is -- and what a LOT of HARD
work you guys are doing.  And Hooray, too, that Klaus is back,
and seems REALLY eager to work!