Re: lynx-dev bug fix needs fixing

[T.E.Dickey]

> 
> I notice a patch has appeared in 
> <http://www.slcc.edu/lynx/release2-8-2/patches/>, pointed to from 
> <http://www.slcc.edu/lynx/release/>, a while ago. 
>  
> But by changing PERSISTENT_COOKIES to EXP_PERSISTENT_COOKIES in 
> LYMain (two places), this patch provokes the cookiefile name corruption 
> that was later fixed in the devel code.  In other words, the patch 
> introduces a new problem and cannot be recommended. 
>  
> The patch should be updated to also include the later correction that 
> is in the devel code (use StrAllocCopy for LYCookieFile_flag in 
> reload_read_cfg). 
>  
> The updated patch should also contain the change from my previous message 
> ('passwords should not be saved'). 

thanks (I'll see if I can pick out the appropriate pieces).
  
>    Klaus 


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