Re: lynx-dev lynx2.8.5dev.6: 123g bug

[Philip Webb]

020103 Thomas E. Dickey wrote:
> Here's a fix for the problem with dev.6 123g stuff

--- lynx2.8.5dev.6+/src/LYGetFile.c     Tue Jan  1 20:55:54 2002
+++ lynx2.8.5dev.6a/src/LYGetFile.c     Thu Jan  3 17:57:10 2002
@@ -1250,7 +1250,7 @@
     */
    if (*num > 0) {
        int info;
-       char *text;
+       char *text = NULL;
 
        /*
         *  Get the lname, and hightext, directly from www
@@ -1268,7 +1268,8 @@
                             &new_link,
                             &text,
                             &links[cur].lname);
-       LYSetHilite(cur, text);
+       if (text != NULL)
+           LYSetHilite(cur, text);
        if (info == WWW_INTERN_LINK_TYPE) {
            links[cur].type = WWW_INTERN_LINK_TYPE;
            return(DO_LINK_STUFF);

PW> thanx: i've installed dev.6 with these changes & it seems ok.

TD> I did most of the debugging for the last patch on Debian.
PW> a gentle suggestion: recent reports via Linux Today advise
PW> that the distribution (statistical) of Linux distributions is
PW> Mandrake & RedHat  c 35 % ea , SUSE  c 20 %
PW> and others incl Debian & Slackware  <= 5 % ea .
PW> perhaps you should test primarily with a more commonly used distribution?
TD> Given the (lack of) quality for Redhat,
TD> I'll continue treating it as a secondary platform for development.

that doesn't seem rational, at least without a hint of Redhat's deficiencies.
we are all free to prefer any Linux distribution for our own use,
but Lynx versions sb tested on widely used platforms,
where most Lynx users will be employing them.
Redhat is a marginally profitable company, so its products can't be that bad,
& i have had zero problems with Mandrake 6.1 in  12 mth  use
& 8.0 got glowing reviews last spring (8.1 had a problem IIRC):
i have 8.0 , but haven't got round to installing it yet.
it was reported today that  46 %  Linux users in UK have Mandrake.

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