Re: lynx-dev IPv6?

[David Combs]

On Fri, Jul 16, 1999 at 07:13:19AM -0500, Klaus Weide wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Xavier wrote:
> > I'm new to this list, so sorry if this is an already discussed topic...
> 
> Not really - probably none of the people usually active on the list
> have system with IPv6 or a way of testign it.
> 
> > I've a Solaris 7 box connected to the 6bone and I would like to patch
> > Lynx to be IPv6 ready. I downloaded the existing patch (for lynx 2.8.1)
> > (ftp://ftp.stacken.kth.se/pub/kame/misc/lynx-281-v6-19990520.diff.gz)
> > 
> > I applied the patch, fixed the compilation warning but I can't get a working
> > binary. Lynx does not connect to any server (IPv4 or IPv6)
> 
> You cound run lynx with -trace and look whether Lynx.trace tells you
> anything.  Probably not much - if it can't connect, it can't connect...
> (You could at least find out whether it's a DNS problem.)
> 
> Maybe it's just a question of finding the right system-specific
> incantation (runtime libraries, environment variables?), just guessing
> here.  The author of the patch may be able to tell you more.
> 
> > So, does somebody has already a binary distributions available somewhere?
> > (Spars/Solaris 7)
> 
> If you find out how to do it, please let this list know.
> 
>   Klaus
> 
> 

this is an IMPORTANT problem, because all of us solaris users
(on sun service) just one week ago received Solaris 7, and
many lynx-users will likely be installing it soon.

Solaris, for the last several years, has had this neat
"package" concept that makes installing (and de-installing)
systems super-easy.

Perhaps someone who knows how AND who has access to solaris
(Larry V?) could, at major releases (ie, not very often),
could produce a .pkg-file for solaris-whatever (whatever he
has access to, maybe 2.5.1, 2.6, and (soon?) 2.7), and stuff
those on the download-site?  (or somehow get the guys at
sun to add it to their package-site).

David