- version update to 2.9.0
2024-01-15 (2.9.0)
* change version of OpenSSL used in Windows installers to 3.x and 1.1.1x,
for new/old respectively -TD
* fixes for UBSAN/ASAN issues with clang on Windows -GV
* modify install-doc rule to use relative path for symbolic links -TD
* add support for gopher's hURL functionality (patch by Viatrix).
* allow ^G interrupt to end read from a stalled connection without exiting
Lynx (Debian #1033423) -TD
* allow the ^S keymap to be disabled in the configuration file, e.g.,
KEYMAP:^S:UNMAPPED
(report by TG) -TD
* repair docs/OS-390.announce and docs/README.jp -TD
* make the test-files non-empty, to appease some packaging tools -TD
* check for getpwuid(), use in preference to deprecated cuserid() -TD
* modify curses initialization to permit ^S built-in keymap to work without
needing external stty changes -TD
* correct ifdef for LYmsec_delay() (report by Alexander Arkhipov) -TD
* add a NUL after "/" in the SGML parser when the next character is ">", to
make PRETTYSRC view display correctly (report by "Dima") -TD
* trim some obsolete style code for NeXT -TD
* improve responsiveness with respect to SIGWINCH (report by Mark Zaharov) -TD
* improve check for MAX_URI_SIZE -TD
* improve check for UTF-8 character encoding in XML Text Declaration (report by
Lennart Jablonka) -TD
* fix for decoding utf-8 in CDATA sections (patch by Hiltjo Posthuma)
* treat HTTP 308 permanently redirected the same as HTTP 301 permanently moved
(Debian #1041686).
* formatting fixes for manpage (Debian #1037353).
* change defaults in configure script to use compression -TD
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1146603
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/openSUSE:Factory/lynx?expand=0&rev=39
2024-01-15 (2.9.0)
* change version of OpenSSL used in Windows installers to 3.x and 1.1.1x,
for new/old respectively -TD
* fixes for UBSAN/ASAN issues with clang on Windows -GV
* modify install-doc rule to use relative path for symbolic links -TD
* add support for gopher's hURL functionality (patch by Viatrix).
* allow ^G interrupt to end read from a stalled connection without exiting
Lynx (Debian #1033423) -TD
* allow the ^S keymap to be disabled in the configuration file, e.g.,
KEYMAP:^S:UNMAPPED
(report by TG) -TD
* repair docs/OS-390.announce and docs/README.jp -TD
* make the test-files non-empty, to appease some packaging tools -TD
* check for getpwuid(), use in preference to deprecated cuserid() -TD
* modify curses initialization to permit ^S built-in keymap to work without
needing external stty changes -TD
* correct ifdef for LYmsec_delay() (report by Alexander Arkhipov) -TD
* add a NUL after "/" in the SGML parser when the next character is ">", to
make PRETTYSRC view display correctly (report by "Dima") -TD
* trim some obsolete style code for NeXT -TD
* improve responsiveness with respect to SIGWINCH (report by Mark Zaharov) -TD
* improve check for MAX_URI_SIZE -TD
* improve check for UTF-8 character encoding in XML Text Declaration (report by
Lennart Jablonka) -TD
* fix for decoding utf-8 in CDATA sections (patch by Hiltjo Posthuma)
* treat HTTP 308 permanently redirected the same as HTTP 301 permanently moved
(Debian #1041686).
* formatting fixes for manpage (Debian #1037353).
* change defaults in configure script to use compression -TD
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/network/lynx?expand=0&rev=53
- update to 2.8.9rel1.1:
* documentation/metrics updates
* fix an inconsistency in message for -listonly option
* update test-packages to use current ncurses test-packages
* improve portability for sockaddr structures used in HTTP and FTP, for IPv6 and SOCKS configurations
* fix several minor warnings reported by Coverity
* build-fix overlooked in 2.8.9dev.3 when INACTIVE_INPUT_STYLE_VH is defined, for problem introduced by 2.8.8dev.17 code-cleanup
* trim unnecessary intllib symbols from src/chrtrans/makefile.in
* when cross-compiling, trim LDFLAGS from makefile rule linking makeuctb
- dropped patches:
lynx-helpfile.patch: latest documentation available online
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/640781
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/openSUSE:Factory/lynx?expand=0&rev=36
- update to 2.8.9dev.16:
* add a note in the comments for INCLUDE in lynx.cfg regarding the default
directory searches LYOpenCFG(), added in 2.8.4dev.20 (Debian #818047) -TD
* add a check to ensure that HTML_put_string() will not append a chunk onto
itself (report by Ned Williamson) -TD
* add note in lynx.cfg about default values (Debian #408448) -TD
* amended Backes' change to the COLLAPSE_BR_TAGS feature for compatibility -TD
+ use ENABLE_LYNXRC to determine whether it is written to the .lynxrc file.
+ add command-line option, etc., for controlling whether blank lines are
trimmed, e.g., trailing lines as well as the special case for collapsing
br-tags. Leading blank lines at the top of the document are untouched.
+ modify limit for trimmed lines to retain as little as 1 line; previously
the trimming would go no smaller than 2 lines.
* add command-line option and options-menu item for COLLAPSE_BR_TAGS (patch
by Peter Backes).
* correct logic in HTCopy() when re-reading a page (Debian #863008) -TD
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/543854
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/openSUSE:Factory/lynx?expand=0&rev=35
* add a note in the comments for INCLUDE in lynx.cfg regarding the default
directory searches LYOpenCFG(), added in 2.8.4dev.20 (Debian #818047) -TD
* add a check to ensure that HTML_put_string() will not append a chunk onto
itself (report by Ned Williamson) -TD
* add note in lynx.cfg about default values (Debian #408448) -TD
* amended Backes' change to the COLLAPSE_BR_TAGS feature for compatibility -TD
+ use ENABLE_LYNXRC to determine whether it is written to the .lynxrc file.
+ add command-line option, etc., for controlling whether blank lines are
trimmed, e.g., trailing lines as well as the special case for collapsing
br-tags. Leading blank lines at the top of the document are untouched.
+ modify limit for trimmed lines to retain as little as 1 line; previously
the trimming would go no smaller than 2 lines.
* add command-line option and options-menu item for COLLAPSE_BR_TAGS (patch
by Peter Backes).
* correct logic in HTCopy() when re-reading a page (Debian #863008) -TD
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/network/lynx?expand=0&rev=46
