Re: LYNX-DEV core dump

[Klaus Weide]

On Mon, 21 Jul 1997, Foteos Macrides wrote:

> Clyde Hoadley <address@hidden> wrote:
> >I am having trouble building lynx 2.7.1  I am on a DEC Alpha 2100 
> >running DU4.0b.  We are using the "advfs" file system.  I am using the
> >Dec C compiler, invoked with the "cc" command.  I run the build
> >with "make osf".
>[...] 
>       You're using development code (a v2.7.1ac.0.n) not the vanilla
> v2.7.1, and an old 0.n level of the development code.

[ various errors and warnings omitted ] 
> 
> >When I try to run lynx, I get a Memoryfault(core dump).  I have tried
> >modifying line 799 of GridText.c to read "title = (char *)tmp;" but,
> >I still get a core dump.  I don't think it's coming from GridText
> >anyway.  What do you suggest I do next?
> 
>       See http://www.flora.org/lynx-dev/html/month0797/msg00443.html about
> that too.  The fix is in the fotemods code set, but not yet in the development
> code set (should be soon :).

It is now, as 2.7.1ac-0.38.  This (or possibly a further update from
Tom) should appear at <http://www.slcc.edu/lynx/current/> around noon
(MDT).  Patches are available through
<http://www.slcc.edu/cgi-bin/lynx/patch> now.

(The previous advice to use configure is of course still valid.)

  Klaus

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