Re: LYNX-DEV Lynx on HP-UX v 10.20

[T.E.Dickey]

> For some time now, I have been using lynx successfully under
> the HP-UX operating system version 9.04 on HP servers.  Recently
> our system administrators have begun upgrading the servers to
> HP-UX version 10.20.  Under this version, lynx aborts, even
> when I recompile it under the new operating system.
it _could_ be problems with HP's curses (they apparently have more than
one flavor available, and the default one doesn't work well).

The 2.7.1/2.7.2 versions have some specialized targets (other than
'generic').  The development version of Lynx relies on a configure
script, which in turn knows about some of the different flavors of
HP's curses libraries.
 
> There are two symptoms I've noticed.  First, my initial page (a local
> file) appears completely highlighted, instead of having only the
> first link (anchor) highlighted.  Second, when I try to follow a ling,
> lynx aborts with "A fatal error has occurred..."
> 
> I run lynx from a vt100 terminal emulator connected to the UNIX
> server.  I compile lynx using "make generic".
> 
> I'm not a UNIX expert nor a very experienced C programmer, although
> I can read C.  (I fear the same can be said of the contractors who do
> our system administration, except perhaps for the part about being
> able to read C.)  Any suggestions where I should start looking?
> 
> -- Tony Dwyer <address@hidden>
> 
> P.S.  I see lynx-dev is a rather large list.  My apologies to those
> of you who couldn't care less about HP-UX.
> 


-- 
Thomas E. Dickey
address@hidden
http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey