Re: lynx-dev INSTALLATION error

[Klaus Weide]

On Tue, 1 Dec 1998, Chris Maden wrote:

> <quote>
> Step 5. (optional -- UNIX only)
>     To add direct WAIS support, get the freeWAIS distribution from
>     "ftp://ftp.cnidr.org/pub/NIDR.tools/freewais";, and compile it.  The 
> compile
>     process will create the libraries you will need, wais.a and client.a.  
> Edit
>     the Makefile in the top level directory and add the library locations 
> under
>     the DIRECT WAIS ACCESS heading.  Edit the Makefile for the WWW Library in
>     "WWW/Library/Implementation/CommonMakefile" to point to the include
>     directory for the freewais distribution.  Precompiled libraries are
>     available for many platforms if you don't wish to compile one yourself.
> </quote>
> 
> There is no longer a Makefile in the top-level directory; the
> instructions should say to edit makefile.in, or this step should be
> moved to after running configure.

Apart from that documentation change:  Does anyone still use WAIS access?
I.e. wais://... URLs, not WAIS hidden being some other interface like
http://...?  Are there any remaining publicly accessible wais://...
resources for testing?

    Klaus