Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 17:35:27 -0400 From: Otter <otter@otter.cc> To: "Brian K . Walters" <bkwalters@lucent.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: w3m make craps out was Re: Lynx forbidden Message-ID: <38E7BD1F.7338EBD9@otter.cc> References: <20000402024251.A3917@kagan.quedawg.com> <Pine.LNX.4.20.0004021312520.2790-100000@theory8.physics.iisc.ernet.in> <20000402170208.A5470@kagan.quedawg.com>
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"Brian K . Walters" wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 02, 2000 at 01:15:37PM +0530, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > > > > The lynx port is marked forbidden due to security problems. > > > > > > > > There is no misunderstanding. > > > > > > > > If you want to open yourself (and your users) up to buffer overflows in > > > > the code, you are more than welcome. > > > > > > > > AlanC > > > > > > In light of that is there a recommended replacement for lynx until the security > > > holes are worked out. Unfortunately I need something to view html marked up > > > emails in mutt. I am replaced linux with freebsd on my home machine and I > > > would like that same functionality. What other programs are out there like > > > lynx that I could use in my .mailcap file to view html marked emails in mutt? > > > > Try w3m -- /usr/ports/www/w3m > > It handles tables and frames much better than lynx. I've mainly > > switched to w3m now, using lynx only in some cases where w3m > > doesn't do the right thing with cookies. > > > > If you must use lynx, you can probably compile it easily enough > > without the help of the ports. > When I start a make of w3m I get the following errors. > > ol-arem# make > ===> Building for w3m-0.1.7 ............ > > Stop in /usr/ports/www/w3m. > > Any thoughts as to what the problem is or is the port broken. > Update your poorts. I just did a cvsup a few hours ago, and as you can see mine was built without any problems. -Otter ===> Generating temporary packing list ===> Compressing manual pages for w3m-0.1.7 ===> Registering installation for w3m-0.1.7 kashmir# date Sun Apr 2 17:33:22 EDT 2000 > TIA, > > -- > Brian K. Walters > bkwalters@lucent.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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