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[Lynx-dev] Versions of Lynx and How They Got Here
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Martin McCormick |
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[Lynx-dev] Versions of Lynx and How They Got Here |
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Thu, 02 Nov 2017 11:49:27 -0500 |
I started out to figure out why a particular url
https://braille.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/hdfForecast?brand=braille&query=74074
works quite well on a Debian wheezy system but bombs out on a
Debian jessie system with the complaint that it can't find the
start file.
Looking up braille.wunderground.com
Making HTTPS connection to braille.wunderground.com
lynx: Can't access startfile https://braille.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweathe
r/hdfForecast?brand=braille&query=74074
So much for that.
lynx --version on that system produces
Lynx Version 2.8.9dev.1 (12 Mar 2014)
libwww-FM 2.14, SSL-MM 1.4.1, GNUTLS 3.3.8, ncurses 5.9.20140913(wide)
Built on linux-gnu Jun 5 2015 11:34:27
A Debian wheezy system which is a few years older produces the
following from lynx --version
Lynx Version 2.8.8dev.12 (22 Feb 2012)
libwww-FM 2.14, SSL-MM 1.4.1, GNUTLS 2.12.20, ncurses 5.9.20110404(wide)
Built on linux-gnu Nov 23 2016 21:57:17
The wheezy system shows a lower version number and
earlier year than does the jessie distribution but the build date
is newer.
The older system just works with the url and the
higher-numbered version is the one that can't find the start
file.
I used apt-get lynx on both systems and did not build
from source.
The wheezy system's lynx generally works better with less
of those head-scratchers such as the example from above. I am
trying to figure out whether this is something I have done or
what and if it is, how did I manage to make the newer system more
likely to have trouble than the older one?
Martin McCormick
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