lynx-bug.txt     Bug fix for lynx 2.7.1 Minix port      28 September 2003
Claudio Tantignone <ctantignone@hotmail.com>  (notes by ASW 3 Oct 2003)
 
The port of lynx 2.7.1 to Minix as posted here some time ago seems to have a 
bug. The 'D'ownload command should download a file as binary but it doesn't 
do this correctly: a couple of lines of html are prepended to the downloaded
file. It's not an insurmountable problem, if you are willing to open up the 
binary download in  a text editor you can delete the extra lines (this works 
with elle, other editors might not be happy to be asked to open a large 
binary file). But it would be better to fix the behavior of lynx.

Claudio provided the lynx-bug.tar.Z file posted here. He wrote:

"I believe that it is a compilation bug at lynx and the patch simply
modifies the comparison and allows you to download the files as binary
and not as text.

"I tested 2.8.4 and I had the same problem at the same code.  I have
now 2.8.5 at home and ...  I will try to compile and post the last
version."

The file includes a Readme, a modified HTMIME.c source and a compiled
lynx binary.  The binary did work on my Minix 2.0.3 system.  Compiling
lynx on a stock Minix 2.0.3 system requires chmem to several compiler
components and I haven't had a chance to actually apply the patch and
recompile.  In the interim I decided to post this now. 

ASW 3 Oct 2003



Hello,
replace HTMIME.c in your path and recompile lynx. It is located at
WWW/Library/Implementation directory under the mail lynx directory
where you open the tar file.

I found that when lynx is decoding the http header fails in different
tags like Content-Type that for compressed files is compress, and 
defaults to text/html that is like standard text.

The line (1027) with problem was changed from

	    if (!(*me->check_pointer)) 

to

	    if (strlen(me->check_pointer) == 0)

where the loop goes to the ok identification of the parse.

I tried a quick compilation of version 2.8.4 and have the same code.

I believe that this is a bug for the Minix compiler.

By the way, some tests I did work downloading ok the .Z files.

Give it a try and let me know. I can repost lynx and also modified the
new version to post.

I am sending the source file an a lynx executable file.

Regards,
Claudio Tantignone