Re: lynx-dev rc save bug

[Philip Webb]

981007 Bela Lubkin wrote: 
> You got strace to compile -- try it.
 
i ran (1) strace -o lt.d1 lynx28 empty.d1 : overwrite;
      (2) strace -o lt.d2 lynx28 empty.d1 : new file;
      (3) strace -o lt.d3 lynxt3 empty.d1 : overwrite;
      (4) strace -o lt.d4 lynxt3 empty.d1 : new file.
lynx28 = 2-8pre.2 ; lynxt3 = 2-8-1pre.6 : both with Options Menu.

below are  diff -cw lt.d4 lt.d3  &  diff -cw lt.d1 lt.d3  (snipped):

*** 2-8-1 new file      Wed Oct  7 11:05:27 1998
--- 2-8-1 overwrite     Wed Oct  7 11:04:56 1998
***************
*** 43,49 ****
! open("/homes/purslow/.lynxrc", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or 
directory)
--- 43,56 ----
! open("/homes/purslow/.lynxrc", O_RDONLY) = 4
! fxstat(2, 4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=11022, ...}) = 0
! ioctl(4, TCGETA, 0x7fffa518)            = -1 ENOTTY (Not a typewriter)
! read(4, "# Lynx User Defaults File\n#\n# "..., 4096) = 4096
! read(4, "      \n#    DosLatin2 (cp852)  "..., 4096) = 4096
! read(4, "The default can be overridden vi"..., 4096) = 2830
! read(4, "", 4096)                       = 0
! close(4)                                = 0
***************
*** 214,234 ****
  read(0, ">", 1)                         = 1
  ioctl(0, 0x4004667f, [0])               = 0
  ioctl(0, 0x4004667f, [0])               = 0
  write(1, "\r\nSaving Options...", 19)   = 19
! open("/homes/purslow/.lynxrc", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_EXCL, 0600) = 4
! fxstat(2, 4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
! fxstat(2, 4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
! brk(0x1008f000)                         = 0
! ioctl(4, TCGETA, 0x7fff9840)            = -1 ENOTTY (Not a typewriter)
! write(4, "# Lynx User Defaults File\n#\n# "..., 12278) = 12278
! close(4)                                = 0
  ioctl(0, 0x4004667f, [0])               = 0
  ioctl(0, 0x4004667f, [0])               = 0
! write(1, "\rOptions saved!\33[0m\17   \10\10"..., 26) = 26
--- 221,241 ----
  read(0, ">", 1)                         = 1
  ioctl(0, 0x4004667f, [0])               = 0
  ioctl(0, 0x4004667f, [0])               = 0
  write(1, "\r\nSaving Options...", 19)   = 19
! open("/homes/purslow/.lynxrc", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_EXCL, 0600) = -1 EEXIST 
(File exists)
! lxstat(2, "/homes/purslow/.lynxrc", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=11022, 
...}) = 0
! getuid()                                = 1300 (euid 1300)
! lxstat(2, "/homes/purslow", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0755, st_size=18, ...}) = 0
! lxstat(2, "/homes", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0755, st_size=13, ...}) = 0
  ioctl(0, 0x4004667f, [0])               = 0
  ioctl(0, 0x4004667f, [0])               = 0
! write(1, "\rAlert!: Unable to save Options"..., 32) = 32
***************

*** 2-8 overwrite       Wed Oct  7 11:02:10 1998
--- 2-8-1 overwrite     Wed Oct  7 11:04:56 1998
***************
  open("/homes/purslow/.lynxrc", O_RDONLY) = 4
! fxstat(2, 4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=12303, ...}) = 0
! brk(0x10089000)                         = 0
! ioctl(4, TCGETA, 0x7fffa510)            = -1 ENOTTY (Not a typewriter)
  read(4, "# Lynx User Defaults File\n#\n# "..., 4096) = 4096
! read(4, "astern European (ISO-8859-2)\n# "..., 4096) = 4096
! read(4, "lt can be overridden via the -po"..., 4096) = 4096
! read(4, "ose_images=on\n\n", 4096)      = 15
  read(4, "", 4096)                       = 0
  close(4)                                = 0
--- 10,89 ----
  open("/homes/purslow/.lynxrc", O_RDONLY) = 4
! fxstat(2, 4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=11022, ...}) = 0
! ioctl(4, TCGETA, 0x7fffa518)            = -1 ENOTTY (Not a typewriter)
  read(4, "# Lynx User Defaults File\n#\n# "..., 4096) = 4096
! read(4, "      \n#    DosLatin2 (cp852)  "..., 4096) = 4096
! read(4, "The default can be overridden vi"..., 4096) = 2830
  read(4, "", 4096)                       = 0
  close(4)                                = 0
***************
*** 215,248 ****
  read(0, ">", 1)                         = 1
  ioctl(0, 0x4004667f, [0])               = 0
  ioctl(0, 0x4004667f, [0])               = 0
  write(1, "\r\nSaving Options...", 19)   = 19
! umask(077)                              = 077
! chmod("/homes/purslow/.lynxrc", 0600)   = 0
! open("/homes/purslow/.lynxrc", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666) = 4
! umask(077)                              = 077
! fxstat(2, 4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
! brk(0x10093000)                         = 0
! ioctl(4, TCGETA, 0x7fff9848)            = -1 ENOTTY (Not a typewriter)
! write(4, "# Lynx User Defaults File\n#\n# "..., 11064) = 11064
! close(4)                                = 0
  ioctl(0, 0x4004667f, [0])               = 0
  ioctl(0, 0x4004667f, [0])               = 0
! write(1, "\rOptions saved!\33[0m\17   \10\10"..., 26) = 26
--- 221,252 ----
  read(0, ">", 1)                         = 1
  ioctl(0, 0x4004667f, [0])               = 0
  ioctl(0, 0x4004667f, [0])               = 0
  write(1, "\r\nSaving Options...", 19)   = 19
! open("/homes/purslow/.lynxrc", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_EXCL, 0600) = -1 EEXIST 
(File exists)
! lxstat(2, "/homes/purslow/.lynxrc", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=11022, 
...}) = 0
! getuid()                                = 1300 (euid 1300)
! lxstat(2, "/homes/purslow", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0755, st_size=18, ...}) = 0
! lxstat(2, "/homes", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0755, st_size=13, ...}) = 0
  ioctl(0, 0x4004667f, [0])               = 0
  ioctl(0, 0x4004667f, [0])               = 0
! write(1, "\rAlert!: Unable to save Options"..., 32) = 32

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