Author: randy Date: 2007-01-14 22:25:54 -0700 (Sun, 14 Jan 2007) New Revision: 6404
Modified: trunk/BOOK/basicnet/textweb/lynx.xml trunk/BOOK/general.ent trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml Log: Updated to Lynx-2.8.6 Modified: trunk/BOOK/basicnet/textweb/lynx.xml =================================================================== --- trunk/BOOK/basicnet/textweb/lynx.xml 2007-01-15 01:06:46 UTC (rev 6403) +++ trunk/BOOK/basicnet/textweb/lynx.xml 2007-01-15 05:25:54 UTC (rev 6404) @@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ <!ENTITY lynx-download-http "http://lynx.isc.org/release/lynx&lynx-version;.tar.bz2";> <!ENTITY lynx-download-ftp "ftp://lynx.isc.org/lynx&lynx-version;/lynx&lynx-version;.tar.bz2";> - <!ENTITY lynx-md5sum "d1e5134e5d175f913c16cb6768bc30eb"> + <!ENTITY lynx-md5sum "dc80497b7dda6a28fd80404684d27548"> <!ENTITY lynx-size "2.2 MB"> - <!ENTITY lynx-buildsize "25 MB"> + <!ENTITY lynx-buildsize "26 MB"> <!ENTITY lynx-time "0.5 SBU"> ]> @@ -56,18 +56,21 @@ <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Lynx Dependencies</bridgehead> <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead> - <para role="optional"><xref linkend="openssl"/> or + <para role="optional"><xref linkend="openssl"/> or experimentaly, <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/";>GnuTLS</ulink> (which needs <ulink url="ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/alpha/libgpg-error/";>libgpg-error</ulink> then <ulink url="ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/";>libgcrypt</ulink>), - an <xref linkend="server-mail"/>, - <xref linkend="zip"/>, <xref linkend="unzip"/>, - <xref linkend="slang"/> and + <xref linkend="zip"/>, + <xref linkend="unzip"/>, + an <xref linkend="server-mail"/> (that provides a + <command>sendmail</command> command), + <xref linkend="slang"/>, and <!-- <ulink url="http://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/utils/compress/ncompress-4.2.4.tar.Z";> ncompress</ulink> and --> - <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/sharutils/";>sharutils</ulink></para> + <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/sharutils/";>sharutils</ulink> + (for a <command>uudecode</command> program)</para> <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/Lynx"/></para> @@ -80,30 +83,36 @@ <para>Install <application>Lynx</application> by running the following commands:</para> -<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/etc \ - --with-zlib --with-bzlib && +<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \ + --sysconfdir=/etc/lynx \ + --datadir=/usr/share/doc/lynx-&lynx-version; \ + --with-zlib \ + --with-bzlib && make</userinput></screen> <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para> <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para> -<screen role='root'><userinput>make docdir=/usr/share/doc/lynx-&lynx-version;/doc \ - helpdir=/usr/share/doc/lynx-&lynx-version;/help install-full && -chgrp -v -R root /usr/share/doc/lynx-&lynx-version;/doc</userinput></screen> +<screen role='root'><userinput>make install-full && +chgrp -v -R root /usr/share/doc/lynx-&lynx-version;/lynx_doc</userinput></screen> </sect2> <sect2 role="commands"> <title>Command Explanations</title> - <para><parameter>--libdir=/etc</parameter>: For some reason, the - <command>configure</command> and <command>make</command> routine for - <application>Lynx</application> uses <option>libdir</option> as the prefix - for the configuration file. This is set to - <filename class="directory">/etc</filename> so that the system wide - configuration file is <filename>/etc/lynx.cfg</filename>.</para> + <para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc/lynx</parameter>: This parameter is + used so that the configuration files are located in + <filename class="directory">/etc/lynx</filename> instead of + <filename class="directory">/usr/etc</filename>.</para> + <para><parameter>--datadir=/usr/share/doc/lynx-&lynx-version;</parameter>: + This parameter is used so that the documentation files are installed into + <filename class="directory">/usr/share/doc/lynx-&lynx-version;</filename> + instead of + <filename class="directory">/usr/share/lynx_{doc,help}</filename>.</para> + <para><parameter>--with-zlib</parameter>: This enables support for linking <filename class="libraryfile">libz</filename> into <application>Lynx</application>.</para> @@ -112,35 +121,33 @@ linking <filename class="libraryfile">libbz2</filename> into <application>Lynx</application>.</para> - <para><parameter>docdir=... helpdir=...</parameter>: These - variables are set to avoid getting the help and documentation files - installed under <filename class="directory">/etc</filename>.</para> - - <para><parameter>install-full</parameter>: In addition to the standard - installation, this target installs the documentation and the help - files.</para> - <para><option>--with-ssl</option>: This enables support for linking SSL into <application>Lynx</application>.</para> - <para><option>--with-gnutls</option>: This enables support for - linking <application>GnuTLS</application> into + <para><option>--with-gnutls</option>: This enables experimental support + for linking <application>GnuTLS</application> into <application>Lynx</application>.</para> + <para><command>make install-full</command>: In addition to the standard + installation, this target installs the documentation and help files.</para> + <para><command>chgrp -v -R root - /usr/share/doc/lynx-&lynx-version;/doc</command>: + /usr/share/doc/lynx-&lynx-version;/lynx_doc</command>: This command corrects the improper group ownership of installed documentation files caused if <application>Lynx</application> is built by any user other than <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>.</para> + <!-- This was fixed in the 2.8.6 release, though it still could + be considered an issue by some <note> <para>There has been a security vulnerability identified if you enable - support for CGI links by passing the <option>--enable-cgi-links</option> + support for CGI links by passing the <option>-enable-cgi-links</option> parameter to <command>configure</command>. See <ulink url="http://seclists.org/lists/vulnwatch/2005/Oct-Dec/0041.html"/> for details.</para> </note> + --> </sect2> @@ -150,10 +157,10 @@ <sect3 id="lynx-config"> <title>Config Files</title> - <para><filename>/etc/lynx.cfg</filename></para> + <para><filename>/etc/lynx/lynx.cfg</filename></para> <indexterm zone="lynx lynx-config"> - <primary sortas="e-etc-lynx.cfg">/etc/lynx.cfg</primary> + <primary sortas="e-etc-lynx-lynx.cfg">/etc/lynx/lynx.cfg</primary> </indexterm> </sect3> @@ -163,7 +170,7 @@ <para>Various settings such as proxies can be set in the system-wide <filename>lynx.cfg</filename> file found in - <filename class="directory">/etc</filename>.</para> + <filename class="directory">/etc/lynx</filename>.</para> </sect3> @@ -175,12 +182,12 @@ <segmentedlist> <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle> <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle> - <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle> + <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle> <seglistitem> <seg>lynx</seg> <seg>None</seg> - <seg>/usr/share/doc/lynx-&lynx-version;</seg> + <seg>/etc/lynx and /usr/share/doc/lynx-&lynx-version;</seg> </seglistitem> </segmentedlist> Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent =================================================================== --- trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2007-01-15 01:06:46 UTC (rev 6403) +++ trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2007-01-15 05:25:54 UTC (rev 6404) @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!ENTITY day "14"> <!-- Always 2 digits --> +<!ENTITY day "15"> <!-- Always 2 digits --> <!ENTITY month "01"> <!-- Always 2 digits --> <!ENTITY year "2007"> <!ENTITY version "svn-&year;&month;&day;"> @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ <!-- Chapter 17 --> <!ENTITY Links-version "2.1pre23"> -<!ENTITY lynx-version "2.8.5"> +<!ENTITY lynx-version "2.8.6"> <!ENTITY w3m-version "0.5.1"> <!-- Chapter 18 --> Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml =================================================================== --- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2007-01-15 01:06:46 UTC (rev 6403) +++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2007-01-15 05:25:54 UTC (rev 6404) @@ -42,6 +42,15 @@ --> <listitem> + <para>January 15th, 2007</para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>[randy] - Updated to Lynx-2.8.6.</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </listitem> + + <listitem> <para>January 14th, 2007</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-book FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
