Re: lynx-dev Bug in lynx pre11 found

[Bela Lubkin]

Larry W. Virden wrote:

> Platform: SPARC Solaris 2.5.1 Sun cc compiler
> 
> I typed:
> 
> lynx -head ftp://sunsite.uio.no/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/README.html
> 
> For output, I get:
> 
> The '-head' switch is for http HEAD requests and cannot be used for
>                                                                    
> 'ftp://sunsite.uio.no/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/README.html'.
>                                               lwv26awu (23882) $ 
> 
> and my terminal is left in raw mode.
> 
> It appears that lynx didn't return me to cooked mode before outputing the
> msg and exiting.

Whoops, this is my fault, for moving the turn-on-curses up a bunch and
not dealing with the various consequences.

To fix this, go into src/LYMain.c and move the three blocks of code with
the comments:

     *  Check for a valid HEAD request. - FM
     *  Check for a valid MIME headers request. - FM
     *  Check for a valid traversal request. - FM

up above the block with the comment:

     *  Finish setting up for an INTERACTIVE session.

I'm not including a patch because the patch is 124 lines of nonsense --
zero lines of code actually change, they just get moved.

This may not be the last such consequence...

>Bela<