lynx-dev HTDoRead() HTTCP.c possible bug - retry limit set too high?

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I use lynx to dump URL text pages using lynx -dump and
occasionally, lynx hangs in the following section of code...

HTTCP.c:
    while (!ready) {
        /*
        **  Protect against an infinite loop.
        */
=>      if (tries++ >= 180000) {
            HTAlert(gettext("Socket read failed for 180,000 tries."));

I'm using lynx 2.8.4dev4.
I also ran into a similar situation using 2.8.3 also.

With the timeout in select set to 100000 microseconds   The call will
only timeout
after 180000 * 100000 / 1000000 = 18000 seconds or 5 hours.

       /*
        **  If we suspend, then it is possible that select will be
        **  interrupted.  Allow for this possibility. - JED
        */
        do {
     timeout.tv_sec = 0;
     timeout.tv_usec = 100000;
            FD_ZERO(&readfds);
            FD_SET((unsigned)fildes, &readfds);



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