Package: lynx Version: 2.8.7dev9-2.1 Severity: normal
By default, lynx logs all requested URLs to syslog. For example, if I visit the package web page like so: > lynx http://packages.debian.org/stable/web/lynx and then exit, then syslog gets the following entry: Jul 21 12:34:17 vex lynx[22057]: Session start Jul 21 12:34:17 vex lynx[22057]: http://packages.debian.org/stable/web/lynx Jul 21 12:34:26 vex lynx[22057]: Session over I realize that I can turn off these log entries by adding this: SYSLOG_REQUESTED_URLS:FALSE to my lynxrc, but that should not be necessary. Users who don't monitor syslog have no idea this is happening, and would never think to search for this solution. The above config entry is also present in the system lynx config file /etc/lynx-cur/lynx.cfg but strace shows that that file is not opened when lynx starts. -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.2 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages lynx depends on: ii lynx-cur 2.8.7dev9-2.1 Text-mode WWW Browser with NLS sup lynx recommends no packages. lynx suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
