Re: LYNX-DEV Bug in Lynx 2.6 under IRIX with large tables

[Mike Brudenell]

Greetings -

As requested I have recompiled Lynx with the original (256) value of
MAXLINKS again and produced a tracefile for our problem URL of:

        http://www.york.ac.uk/ServerSupport/UsageStats/

However the file is somewhat large (800+Kb) and I really don't think I
should e-mail it to this list just like that!  ;-)

So anyone who's interested can grab a copy from our anonymus ftp server:

        ftp://ftp.york.ac.uk/pub/users/pmb1/lynx-trace.log

I'll leave it there for a couple of weeks, say until 20/12/96.

If you want me to try anything else out do please feel free to e-mail me
<address@hidden>.

A couple of people suggested I might like to join the Lynx-Dev mailing
list.  It had crossed my mind to do so.  However I'm afraid I already have
an overloaded INBOX (~9 mailing lists so far) and (please don't hit me!)
we are mainly a Netscrap Nappigator site, and provide Lynx for our small
base of platform-challenged users.  Sorry!

Thank you again one and all for your assistance!

Cheers,

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Mike Brudenell                                         <address@hidden>
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On Thu, 5 Dec 1996, Hiram Lester, Jr. wrote:

> On Thu, 5 Dec 1996, Mike Brudenell wrote:
> 
> > Following the comments about MAXLINKS I first tried running Lynx in a
> > smaller window than I nromally use (47 lines) and found it worked just
> > fine up to a window size of (memory fogs) around 20 lines.
> > 
> > It begins to look as if the number of links on the screen is indeed the
> > culprit!
> >
> > So I have recompiled Lynx with a larger value of MAXLINKS as suggested,
> > and it now happily and sweetly loads the problem page:
> >     http://www.york.ac.uk/ServerSupport/UsageStats/
> > 
> > Thanks to your wonderful advice I now have a working version of Lynx I can
> > release to our clamouring users.
> 
> I'm glad you got it working.  This problem just came to light in the last
> several months.
> 
> > However this does tend to suggest that the additional code referred to in
> > a separate message which was meant to make Lynx ignore links on a screen
> > over and above MAXLINKS isn't working properly.
> > 
> > If it would help track this down I can recompile Lynx again with the
> > original (256) value of MAXLINKS and send a trace.  Please let me know if
> > you would like me to do so.
> 
> If you wouldn't mind, it would be very helpful.  It may be that Fote fixed
> in his recent modifications, but maybe not...  It's been my experience in
> working with a variety of unices, that different ones handle errors
> differently (i.e. strcmp with a null pointer on HPUX being ignored and
> causing a coredump on Linux), so it may indeed be a problem that most OS's
> are handling gracefully, but should really be fixed...
> 
> So, yes a trace log would be handy.  Thanks for the offer. :)
> 
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On Thu, 5 Dec 1996, Roger Hill wrote:

> On Thu, 5 Dec 1996, Mike Brudenell wrote:
> 
> > Greetings again!
> > 
> > So I have recompiled Lynx with a larger value of MAXLINKS as suggested,
> > and it now happily and sweetly loads the problem page:
> >     http://www.york.ac.uk/ServerSupport/UsageStats/
> > 
> > Thanks to your wonderful advice I now have a working version of Lynx I can
> > release to our clamouring users.
> > 
> Ok great.  I think there have been more tweaks of the maxlinks code in the
> last few days.  get the latest composite patches, check the CHANGES file,
> and recompile again.  Lynx is updated almost daily with bug fixes and
> enhancements...so stay tuned.
> 
> Why not subscribe to the list...about 20 messages a day now, but the
> discussion is lively, fairly technical, not much fluff.
> 
> One of the developers on the list will let you know if they need a
> trace...but I suspect they'll want you to try the latest releases first.
> 
> Glad it works...I use Lynx exclusively for my web browsing..don't miss the
> graphics at all. :)
> 
> Roger Hill, M.I.S Manager, McEnearney Alstons (Barbados) Ltd
> My opinions are my own, not my employer's.
> Tel:246-230-9596        Fax:246-433-8365         E-mail: address@hidden
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