Re: [Lynx-dev] lynx2.8.6dev.12 -- CRASH on OSX 10.4.1

[Jens Schleusener]

On Fri, 3 Jun 2005, Thomas Dickey wrote:

> On Fri, 3 Jun 2005, Jens Schleusener wrote:
>
> > Relevant part of the "lynx -version"-output:
> >
> > Lynx Version 2.8.6dev.12 (02 Jun 2005)
> > libwww-FM 2.14, SSL-MM 1.4.1, OpenSSL 0.9.7g, ncurses 5.3.20021019
> > Built on aix5.1.0.0 Jun  3 2005 16:34:48
> >
> > I want to mention that most of the installed free software I compiled 
> > myself. So perhaps I have some self-made compile/configuration problems. 
> > The last lynx version I built successfully was 2.8.6dev.10.
>
> thanks.  I asked because many of the packagers use in-between versions in
> their packages, so unless I see the patch-date, I'm not sure exactly what
> is running.
>
> For instance, the FreeBSD version I was testing was in-between.  I was
> able to reproduce one of the bugs I looked at with that patch-date, and
> seeing that it did not appear in the following 5.3 release, decided to
> ignore it.  I mark a version for each of the patches I make, so it is
> fairly simple to extract a given version, compile it and test for the
> specific bug.

Just for completeness:

1) Using slang (1.4.9) instead of ncurses (5.3) solves the problem for me.

2) Compiling, installing and using ncurses 5.4.20050319 instead of 
5.3.20021019 solves the problem also.

3) Setting in my "xterm" the variable TERM from xterm to vt100 let 
reproduce the previously described error (with a "unknown" character 
filled blinking screen; especially well seen if lynx is prompting for 
cookie-permissions; all ok if the page is built up) also with the 
"ncurses-5.4.20050319"-lynx.

A personally unwanted side-effect of using ncurses 5.4.20050319: Now I got 
colored characters on a black background but I like the old better 
readable behaviour (just black characters on a background unchanged by 
lynx) so I had to study the documentation ;-)

Greetings

Jens

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