Re: lynx-dev problem with tvgen

[brian j. pardy]

Laura Eaves wrote:
> > Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 19:16:09 -0700
> > From: "brian j. pardy" <address@hidden>
> >...
> > I just tried this using 2.8.1pre.4 and I didn't receive any error. 
> >
> > What version are you using?
> 
> 2.8.1pre.6

Okay, I just installed pre.6 and seem to be having similar behavior as to
what I described before.

> > > Exit lynx.  Start up again at http://www.tvgen.com/tv/listings/
> > > Cursor down to link 2 ("Enter").  Hit return.
> > > At this point I get hte bad request message and a blank page.
> >
> > Right here I receive the login/password page. 
> >
> > I figure that isn't correct, as I assume following the "Enter" link should
> > read the login/pw from the cookies stored. 
> 
> So could the extra newline in the cookie in the trace log be causing
> the problem?

Interesting.

I believe that is what is causing the problem.

However, I just noticed (using pre.6, but I assume this would happen in
pre.4 as well) that following the "Enter" page works every other time,
with the cookies stored. 

Again, I attribute this to Lynx reversing the order of the cookies every
run. I have no idea where this is happening, but I'll take a look.

FWIW, the trace log of a working session is identical to the non-working
one I included before, with the exception of the cookies being in reverse
order (thus, the username/pw cookie is being sent first, and not at the
end after the newline.)

Can anyone else verify this behavior? I really doubt it's my particular
setup.

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