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Package: lynx
Version: 2.8.1-2
The lynx bookmark file name, as set in .lynxrc, is relative to the
user's home directory. However, it doesn't say so anywhere on the
options page. When I entered an absolute path for my bookmark file
name, lynx would display the bookmark file just fine (apparently
absolute paths work here), but it refused to add or remove bookmarks,
which is puzzling behavior. It took an strace of a lynx session to
reveal what was going on.
The proper fix, IMO, is to make lynx treat the bookmark file name as
an absolute path if it starts with a slash, and as a path relative to
the user's home directory otherwise.
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fixed in 2.8.2dev.4
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