Re: [Lynx-dev] -dump/-source vrs .newsauth: bug or feature?

[aw585]

> On Sun, 10 May 2009, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> 
> ................
> 
> The problem is from the SSL patch which I applied in 2001 (it just happens
> that the result from reading the news article contains a rubout 255 
> code, which is being sign-extended to a -1, which lynx then sees as an
> EOF - end of file).
> 
> Here's a fix:
> 
> --- WWW/Library/Implementation/HTNews.c 2009/01/01 17:00:01     1.58
> .........

It worked fine!
Applied it to a build from Debian source packages.
I was ignorant/confused about the format you posted, 
I thought it was a for patch, didn't seem to find the combination
of switches that worked, so I just put it in by hand!  :-)
Think this is the first time I've built Lynx from source.

Thanks, Dallas E. Legan II / address@hidden / address@hidden
http://isthereanotherquestion.blogspot.com
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