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Re: lynx-dev Cookies and command line operation
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brian j pardy |
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Re: lynx-dev Cookies and command line operation |
Date: |
Wed, 20 Oct 1999 23:08:03 -0400 |
On Wed, Oct 20, 1999, Klaus Weide wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, brian j pardy wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Oct 20, 1999, Klaus Weide wrote:
> > > 2. He doesn't have a problem with -dump, only with -source, if I read
> > > his message right. I don't think your patch addresses his -source
> > > problem, only the -dump problem which he doesn't have.
> >
> > I don't have 2.8.1rel.2 source breakout sitting around,
>
> There's always the breakout directories on sol.slcc.edu for convenient
> checking of a previous version's single file...
Ah, I didn't check, but didn't think they'd be around from a few
versions previous. Thanks.
> > but at least
> > in current dev version, -source (along with -dump, -get_data and
> > -post_data) sets the "dump_output_immediately" variable, which is
> > where the bug in LYCookie.c in 2.8.1 is found. I may be wrong, but I
> > don't think so.
>
> But that alone doesn't cut it, as I have over time repeatedly tried
> to point out...
>
> Start with <http://www.flora.org/lynx-dev/html/month0699/msg00444.html>,
> follow the pointer. It will take some reading of messages.
>
> I don't know why nobody has added code that solves the problem, it
> shouldn't be any more difficult than what's already being done for
> other cases.
Wow. I can't believe I forgot about that, and consistently kept
forgetting about it.
I'll see what I can come up with based on your analysis in there.
Can we get some discussion from anyone else interested on your
comments below?
> I haven't done it because
> - I don't use cookies much, basically only for testing.
> - I have no need for saving cookies with -source, even
> some doubts whether lynx should do it.
As you mentioned in [0], perhaps another commandline flag for this. I
think that would be most proper, but it's a gut feeling sort of thing
and I don't have any real reasons either way.
> - I would want to review whether lynx should really call
> exit_immediately from withi HTFWriter_free, I consider
> that unclean.
I expect I'll agree with you when I inspect the code.
My apologies for being exceedingly dense in forgetting about your
analysis.
[0] http://www.flora.org/lynx-dev/html/month1298/msg00514.html
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- lynx-dev Cookies and command line operation, Patrick Payne, 1999/10/20
- Re: lynx-dev Cookies and command line operation, Kim DeVaughn, 1999/10/20
- Re: lynx-dev Cookies and command line operation, brian j pardy, 1999/10/20
- Re: lynx-dev Cookies and command line operation, Klaus Weide, 1999/10/20
- Re: lynx-dev Cookies and command line operation, brian j pardy, 1999/10/20
- Re: lynx-dev Cookies and command line operation, Klaus Weide, 1999/10/20
- Re: lynx-dev Cookies and command line operation,
brian j pardy <=
- Re: lynx-dev Cookies and command line operation, Klaus Weide, 1999/10/29
- Re: lynx-dev Cookies and command line operation, Leonid Pauzner, 1999/10/30
- Re: lynx-dev Cookies and command line operation, Klaus Weide, 1999/10/30
- Re: lynx-dev Cookies and command line operation, Vlad Harchev, 1999/10/31
- Re: lynx-dev Cookies and command line operation, mattack, 1999/10/30
- Re: lynx-dev Cookies and command line operation, Klaus Weide, 1999/10/31
Re: lynx-dev Cookies and command line operation, Klaus Weide, 1999/10/20