Re: [Lynx-dev] what controls the redirect limit?

[Karen Lewellen]

Or ask the administrator to make the change as it seems like a fine one 
for everyone.



On Sat, 28 Aug 2021, Jude DaShiell wrote:

> Good news here.  The REDIRECTION_LIMIT variable is the last line in
> lynx.cfg.  I just set mine to 10000.  For anyone using lynx on a service,
> copying lynx.cfg to a user directory then running
> lynx -c ./lynx.cfg will use your copy and not the system's copy of
> lynx.cfg.  You would need to chmod lynx.cfg so you could edit it once in
> your user directory though.
>
>
> On Sat, 28 Aug 2021, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>
> > ...I seem to be lost.
> > My hope is that there is something I can influence, as I use Lynx on a
> > service, not as a part of my own computer.
> > So I am unsure just where that would go exactly?
> > kare
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 28 Aug 2021, Mouse wrote:
> >
> > > > [...], I reach a lynx error that says something like maximum number
> > > > of 10 redirects reached..and I can go no further.
> > >
> > > > What in Lynx controls the number of redirects the browser considers
> > > > safe, and how can I increase that number?
> > >
> > > A few years back, I was working at a job that, "thanks" to a confluence
> > > of various reasons, ended up with me wanting to use lynx to read
> > > Google-hosted mail through their webmail interface.
> > >
> > > I promptly ran into the ten-redirection limit.
> > >
> > > As for how I dealt with it, turns out I still have the commit:
> > >
> > > commit 028e3e6312bd2a6d108ec4755165091be9426ce4
> > > Author: Mouse <mouse@...redacted...>
> > > Date:   Tue Mar 20 09:37:26 2018 -0400
> > >
> > >    Boost redirection count limit to 25.
> > >
> > > diff --git a/LYMessages_en.h b/LYMessages_en.h
> > > index b0c7c44..85b490e 100644
> > > --- a/LYMessages_en.h
> > > +++ b/LYMessages_en.h
> > > @@ -631,7 +631,7 @@
> > > #define ERROR_UNCOMPRESSING_TEMP gettext("Error uncompressing temporary
> > > file!")
> > > #define UNSUPPORTED_URL_SCHEME gettext("Unsupported URL scheme!")
> > > #define UNSUPPORTED_DATA_URL gettext("Unsupported data: URL!  Use SHOWINFO,
> > > for now.")
> > > -#define TOO_MANY_REDIRECTIONS gettext("Redirection limit of 10 URL's
> > > reached.")
> > > +#define TOO_MANY_REDIRECTIONS gettext("Redirection limit of 25 URLs
> > > reached.")
> > > #define ILLEGAL_REDIRECTION_URL gettext("Illegal redirection URL received
> > > from server!")
> > > #define SERVER_ASKED_FOR_REDIRECTION \
> > > gettext("Server asked for %d redirection of POST content to")
> > > diff --git a/WWW/Library/Implementation/HTAccess.c
> > > b/WWW/Library/Implementation/HTAccess.c
> > > index 4c2c1be..a1f4b7e 100644
> > > --- a/WWW/Library/Implementation/HTAccess.c
> > > +++ b/WWW/Library/Implementation/HTAccess.c
> > > @@ -769,8 +769,10 @@ static BOOL HTLoadDocument(const char *full_address,
> > > /* may include #fragment */
> > >      * of 10 redirections per requested URL from a user, because the
> > >      HTTP/1.1
> > >      * will no longer specify a restriction to 5, but will leave it up to
> > >      the
> > >      * browser's discretion, in deference to Microsoft.  - FM
> > > +     *
> > > +     * Upped to 25 because 10 breaks gmail. :-?  - Mouse
> > >      */
> > > -    if (redirection_attempts > 10) {
> > > +    if (redirection_attempts > 25) {
> > >  redirection_attempts = 0;
> > >  HTAlert(TOO_MANY_REDIRECTIONS);
> > >  return NO;
> > >
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