lynx-dev Newbie help on compile please...

[Paul Casey]

Hi,

 

I have the lynx version 2-8-3 and I'm not sure how to compile it.  I'm running NT 4.0 SP 6 on an Intel platform.  I obtained zlib.h and zlib.dll from the zlib distribution and copied then into the lib folder.  (The zlib.lib is dated 12 July, 1998 and is 34674 bytes.)  I also got the pdcurses.h and pdcurses.lib and placed them in the lib folder.  I am then running make-msc.  I have MS Visual C++ Version 6.0 and get the following error:

 

F:\lynx2.8.3\lynx2-8-3>make-msc

 

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility   Version 6.00.8168.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1988-1998. All rights reserved.

 

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility   Version 6.00.8168.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1988-1998. All rights reserved.

 

        link /nologo /subsystem:console /incremental:no /machine:I386 /out:lynx.exe   "DefaultStyle.obj"
MainLoop.obj"  "LYMap.obj"  "LYNews.obj"  "LYOptions.obj"  "LYPrettySrc.obj"  "LYPrint.obj"  "LYrcFile.obj
LINK : warning LNK4049: locally defined symbol "_curscr" imported
LINK : warning LNK4049: locally defined symbol "_stdscr" imported
LINK : warning LNK4049: locally defined symbol "_SP" imported
LINK : warning LNK4049: locally defined symbol "_COLOR_PAIRS" imported
LINK : warning LNK4049: locally defined symbol "_COLS" imported
LINK : warning LNK4049: locally defined symbol "_LINES" imported
LINK : warning LNK4049: locally defined symbol "_Mouse_status" imported
HTFile.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _gzopen
HTFormat.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _gzerror
HTFormat.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _gzread
HTFormat.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _gzclose
lynx.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 4 unresolved externals
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'link' : return code '0x460'
Stop.

 

I'm assuming that the problem is in the zlib.lib, but I'm not sure if I just have the wrong version (or I'm making a total mess out of the install...)

 

Sorry to be a nuisance -- I usually work with VB and the "make file" concept is a little new to me.

 

Thanks for any help,

 

Paul