Yup, it goes to a deb file, and there is an entry for deb in /etc/mime.types for a deb listing it as a debian package file, but perhaps that is not explicit enough for lynx, which insists on downloading them as content: text
-Todd On Sat, 06 Nov 1999, Jan Ludewig wrote: > On Sat, Nov 06, 1999 at 04:54:03AM -0500, root wrote: > > I have used lynx for a while but am not familiar with it's advanced > > functionality, I have pored through the docs but cannot seem to find > > out where I can tell Lynx that when downloading a .deb file it should > > NOT download it as text. ;) does this have to do with system mime > > types, etc, or is there something I can add to lynx.cfg that will let > > it know that .debs are binary? Thanks! > switch to advanced mode ( "O" to get to the options) to see wether the > link really goes to a deb-file > type "d" for download > > or define it as a mime-type ;) > > Jan
