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Re: LYNX-DEV 2-8 help: Help!
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Philip Webb |
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Re: LYNX-DEV 2-8 help: Help! |
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Wed, 4 Mar 1998 03:56:48 -0500 (EST) |
980303 Thomas Dickey wrote:
> all configure's assumptions get written into lynx_cfg.h or the makefiles.
> lynx_cfg.h makes set values you would otherwise specify in userdefs.h
there IS a problem somewhere around configure .
i can get everything to work -- incl g . -- using LYNX_CFG or -cfg :
lynx28 -cfg ~/lynx28/lynx2-8/lynx.cfg
setenv LYNX_CFG "~/lynx28/lynx2-8/lynx.cfg"
each (separately) find the correct 2-8 lynx.cfg ,
which then gives the correct help files & g . behaviour defined there;
the former line works when included in a file, but the latter doesn't,
presumably because i don't know the format for writing tcsh scripts.
HOWEVER, lynx_cfg.h is not defining the location of lynx.cfg correctly:
the line reads (i copy it from the file):
#define LYNX_CFG_FILE "~/lynx28/lynx2-8/lynx.cfg"
with comment /* $libdir/lynx.cfg */ .
it seems not to be defining the location at all,
with the result that 2-8 looks for lynx.cfg in some default location
& finds the sysadmin's version.
lynx_cfg.h is also not defining the format for directory lists correctly,
since it should give a short list based on the configure arguments;
the configure script i used is:
./configure --disable-echo \
--prefix=$HOME/lynx28/lynx2-8 --exec-prefix=$HOME/lynx28/lynx2-8 \
--libdir=$HOME/lynx28/lynx2-8 --mandir=$HOME/lynx28/lynx2-8/lynx_help \
--disable-dired --disable-long-list --disable-debug
this imitates the example given in INSTALLATION .
the software here is new to me,
but i do have experience searching systematically for the source of problems,
which is what i've been trying to do here.
no-one should underestimate the extent of the little bugs
which may be lurking in 2-8 after all the many efforts it has required
from so many people: we do need to track them down carefully.
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