Re: LYNX-DEV .lynxrc and lynx.cfg

[Klaus Weide]

On Wed, 30 Jul 1997, Phobos wrote:

> We've got Lynx version 2.7.1ac-0.34
> running on SunOS 5.5.1
> 
> If a user has a .lynxrc in their home directory, lynx doesn't read the
> systemwide lynx.cfg!
> 
> So any user who has saved some options (thereby creating the .lynxrc) no
> longer has the downloader options or default homepage etc specified in the
> lynx.cfg next time they use lynx.
> 
> Any ideas?

Yes, this was broken in some versions of the development code.
It is has been fixed since then (lynx behaves as before).

Either get a newer version from <http://sol.slcc.edu/lynx/current/>,
or remove the following lines from src/LYMain.c (around line 875):

   /* If we still have no config file, check one in home directory */
   if (NULL == lynx_cfg_file)
     {
      temp = make_homedir_lynxrc_filename (NULL);
      if (temp != NULL)
        {
           if (NULL != (fp = fopen (temp, "r")))
             {
                fclose (fp);
                StrAllocCopy (lynx_cfg_file, temp);
             }
           FREE(temp);
        }
     }


---
   Klaus


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