Re: lynx-dev Problems with lynx 2-8-2 dev 21 for VMS

[dickey]

> 
> A few problems have surfaced with the latest lynx development kit 2.8.2 dev 
> 21 
> when building for OpenVMS 6.2 using DEC C and the SOCKETSHR library. 

thanks (will fix)
  
>         phost = gethostbyname(host);    /* See netdb.h */ 
> ................^ 
> %CC-W-NOTCONSTQUAL, In this statement, the referenced type of the pointer 
> value 
> "host" is const, but the referenced type of the target of this assignment is 
> not. 
> at line number 1003 in file 
> DISK$COMPCENT:[UDAA055.TEMP.LYNX2-8-2.WWW.LIBRARY.IM 
> PLEMENTATION]HTTCP.C;1 

I picked up this one on a different build today (a cast is ok)
  
> [.SRC]LYUTILS.C 
> This one is missing a semicolon character immediately before the indicated 
> line. The lack of a definition for the DISP_PARTIAL symbol is the cause. If 
> defined, the switch statement is correct. If not defined, then the error 
> occurs. 

perhaps my error - Vlad's patches contained a number of spurious semicolons,
which I removed)
  
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  
> Miscellaneous... 
>  
> The header files for UCDOMAP.C are not built automatically via the MMS/MMS 
> descrip.MMS files and ought to be included. However, running 
> build-chrtrans.com 
> manually does work if it's done before the MMS/MMK command. 

simplest would be to make mms do an f$exists for one of the files and invoke
the script to make them if not.
  
> Running Lynx, entering the K command and selecting 'help on current keymap' 
> leads to a link that doesn't exist: 
>   file://localhost/keystrokes/keystroke_help.html 
>  
> It seems to be missing the /lynx_root/lynx_help/  path prefix and I can find 
> nothing in lynx.cfg to configure this.  Any suggestions welcomed... 

I'll have to read the code to figure it out.
  
> However, accessing it through the H command and then 'keystroke commands' 
> does 
> work. 
>  
>  
> Regards, 
>  
> Andy Harper 
> Kings College London 


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