[Lynx-dev] Lynx 2.8.5 compile bug on Mac OS X: "h_addr" (fix included)

[kmg]

Hi there,

In Lynx 2.8.5, there is one bug in the source that prevents a build
on Mac OS X "out of the box".

The fix is as follows:

In WWW/Library/Implementation/HTTCP.c:1329
change "h_addr" on this line:
    memcpy((void *)&soc_in->sin_addr, phost->h_addr,         phost- 
>h_length);

to:
    memcpy((void *)&soc_in->sin_addr, phost->h_addr_list[0], phost- 
>h_length);
                                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The "h_addr" field is not defined in "struct hostent" on Mac OS X (10.4,
at least).

Another possible fix, which I haven't tried, is to fix the part of  
"configure"
that determines when "_POSIX_C_SOURCE" should be defined.  It would  
appear
Mac OS X has a conditional in its <netdb.h> that #defines "h_addr" for
backward compatibility for "#ifndef _POSIX_C_SOURCE".  By default,  
"configure"
#defines _POSIX_C_SOURCE on my Mac.


Once I applied the fix above, I was able to compile Lynx just fine. :)

Thanks,
Kevin G.