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Re: lynx-dev problem with LYNX_TEMP_SPACE?
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dickey |
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Re: lynx-dev problem with LYNX_TEMP_SPACE? |
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Fri, 28 May 1999 05:15:55 -0400 (EDT) |
>
> > > The temp files created are the files which have been uncompressed by
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > > e.g. gzip (gunzip) and are then passed to a second program for reading.
> > > In mime.types:
> > > application/octet-stream gz
> > > text/x-archive arc
> > > In mailcap:
> > > application/octet-stream; /usr/local/bin/gzip -d %s
> > > text/x-archive; /usr/local/bin/most %s
>
> > well, I did that (on Linux) and it works properly. I guess I need more
> > information. Here's my trace:
> [...]
> > ProcessMailcapFile: Loading file '/usr/local/lib/mosaic/mailcap'.
> > ProcessMailcapFile: Could not open '/usr/local/lib/mosaic/mailcap'.
> > ProcessMailcapFile: Loading file '/home/tom/.mailcap'.
> > ProcessMailcapFile: Could not open '/home/tom/.mailcap'.
> [...]
> > HTLoadExtensionsConfigFile: Loading file
> > '/usr/local/lib/mosaic/mime.types'.
> > HTLoadExtensionsConfigFile: Could not open
> > '/usr/local/lib/mosaic/mime.types'.
> > HTLoadExtensionsConfigFile: Loading file '/home/tom/.mime.types'.
> > HTLoadExtensionsConfigFile: Could not open '/home/tom/.mime.types'.
>
> Lynx never got your extension definitions nor information on how to
> handle them, so it does not "farm out" decompression. Using libz?
I'll check - I was relying on file access times to find the mailcap
and mime.types which were read (mailcap was under /etc, and mime.types
under /var/lib/httpd/conf). It helps to have a second pair of eyes.
> I don't mind if you completely fix this bug. Might be an area to look
> at in the next development round.
aside from an annoyance I've encountered in download permissions, and
some wrapup on configuration (plus a couple of LP's fixes that I put off
til this morning), there's really only documentation to review.
> __Henry
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- lynx-dev problem with LYNX_TEMP_SPACE?, Henry Nelson, 1999/05/22
- lynx-dev problem with LYNX_TEMP_SPACE?, Henry Nelson, 1999/05/23
- Re: lynx-dev problem with LYNX_TEMP_SPACE?, dickey, 1999/05/27
- Re: lynx-dev problem with LYNX_TEMP_SPACE?, Henry Nelson, 1999/05/28
- Re: lynx-dev problem with LYNX_TEMP_SPACE?, Henry Nelson, 1999/05/28
- Re: lynx-dev problem with LYNX_TEMP_SPACE?,
dickey <=
- Re: lynx-dev problem with LYNX_TEMP_SPACE?, dickey, 1999/05/28
- Re: lynx-dev problem with LYNX_TEMP_SPACE?, Henry Nelson, 1999/05/28
- Re: lynx-dev problem with LYNX_TEMP_SPACE?, dickey, 1999/05/28