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Re: lynx-dev lynx 2.8.2dev.4 vs my.yahoo.comrqr
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dickey |
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Re: lynx-dev lynx 2.8.2dev.4 vs my.yahoo.comrqr |
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Sat, 21 Nov 1998 13:44:57 -0500 (EST) |
> 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" --
Yes - that's the general rule. I do add special ifdef's for the places
where I cannot make configure-tests (non-Unix platforms such as VMS).
For the varargs/stdarg differences, it had been a while since I'd coded
that (since all of the other programs that I had as a model I'd converted
to stdarg a couple of years ago). For whatever reason, I made an error in
the varargs case (unlike stdarg, the called function must start processing
the argument list from the beginning).
> 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.
when I test the prefix stuff, I usually install into /tmp/BUILD, and
check that it works properly from that location.
> (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!
>
--
Thomas E. Dickey
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http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey