Re: [Lynx-dev] Lynx 2.8.5 on BeOS

[Thomas Dickey]

On Mon, 26 Jun 2006, Nigel Horne wrote:

> Thomas Dickey wrote:
>
> > > ....
> > > checking for library with inet_addr... no
> > > configure: warning: Unable to find library for inet_addr function
> >
> > you're going to run into problems with BeOS here, since its socket 
> > interface isn't compatible with anything.  I've seen some reference to a 
> > patched network library for BeOS, but was unable to find a copy that might 
> > work (recalling only that I found some code that could never have worked 
> > ;-).
>
> I don't mind hacking C, I just come out in a rash hacking configure
> scripts.
>
> > I've a BeOS R4.5 with a workable network interface (and lynx won't connect 
> > via that) and a BeOS 5.0 - but no workable network interface.  (Since it's 
> > one of 15 OS's on the same box, I'm reluctant to change the hardware around 
> > at random to search for a workable network card...).
>
> I have a fully working network card (I can telnet in and use netpositive
> to get out), on a dedicated machine (?20 at a fair yesterday ;-) )

It's probably a deeper hole than the network card.  What I recall of it 
was that BeOS didn't provide a documented network interface.  The socket 
interface is different between 4.5/5.0 (so I couldn't use my 4.5 system to 
make a usable fix for prospective 5.0's).  But if you have some time to 
investigate that, I can dig out the notes that I have...

One thing that I do recall is that the socket interface wouldn't apply to 
terminal connections, so the code in lynx which handles keyboard 
interupts would have to be modified to avoid interfering with the 
network connection.  Past that - I don't know (the patch that I saw for 
making lynx do network connection in 5.0 relies on code that I couldn't 
find).

 >> >>> ....
> > > /bin/basename: too few arguments
> > > Try `/bin/basename --help' for more information.
> > > /bin/basename: too few arguments
> > > Try `/bin/basename --help' for more information.
> >
> > this could be a scripting error
> >
> > > ../configure: test: =: unary operator expected
> >
> > and this too
> >
> > > checking for ncurses version... no
>
> Let me know if you want any more info for those two.

I'll check on these this evening, to see.  Your comment says you're 
looking a 2.8.5 - the development version is preferred (since it's more 
likely to work ;-).

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